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Ictiobus, also known as buffalofishes, buffalofish or simply buffalo, is a genus of freshwater fish native to North America, specifically the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala. They are the largest and longest-lived of the North American suckers , reaching up to 1.23 m (4.0 ft) in length [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and more than 100 years of age for ...
Skull of a wild water buffalo in the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology. The wild water buffalo has an ash-gray to black skin. The moderately long, coarse and sparse hair is directed forward from the haunches to the long and narrow head. There is a tuft on the forehead, and the ears are comparatively small.
In American English, both buffalo and bison are considered correct terms for the American bison. [16] However, in British English, the word buffalo is reserved for the African buffalo and water buffalo and not used for the bison. [17] In English usage, the term buffalo was used to refer to the American mammal as early as 1625. [18]
Bubalina is a subtribe of wild cattle that includes the various species of true buffalo. Species include the African buffalo , the anoas , and the wild water buffalo (including the domesticated variant water buffalo ).
The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), also called domestic water buffalo, Asian water buffalo and Asiatic water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Today, it is also kept in Italy, the Balkans, Australia, North America, South America and some African countries. [ 1 ]
The bigmouth buffalo is typically a brownish olive color with dusky fins, but can vary greatly in color across individuals including melanistic, golden, and even xanthic color morphs. [11] [12] Bigmouth buffalo may also accrue unique black or orange pigmentation markings with age, [3] [12] and in some rare individuals, white-edged fins. [6]
The nearest allies of the anoa appear to be certain extinct Asian buffaloes, the remains of which have been found in the Siwalik Hills of northern India. [4] Imagery of anoas may be present in the oldest rock art known as of 2024. [5] Both are found on the island of Sulawesi and the nearby island of Buton in Indonesia. [6]
Draught water buffalo in the Foro Romano, 1900; on the left are the three columns of the Temple of Castor and Pollux. Cow in the Agro Pontino. There are conflicting hypotheses concerning the origins of the European water buffalo: one, based on fossil bones found in the valleys of the Elbe and the Rhine, is that it descends from the extinct European wild species Bubalus murrensis; others ...