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Officially, the "American buffalo" is classified by the United States government as a type of cattle, and the government allows private herds to be managed as such. This is a reflection of the characteristics that bison share with cattle.
Although colloquially referred to as a buffalo in the United States and Canada, [2] it is only distantly related to the true buffalo. The North American species is composed of two subspecies, the Plains bison , B. b. bison , and the wood bison , B. b. athabascae , which is the namesake of Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada.
Skull of an African buffalo. The African buffalo is a very robust species. Its shoulder height can range from 1.0 to 1.7 m (3.3 to 5.6 ft) and its head-and-body length can range from 1.7 to 3.4 m (5.6 to 11.2 ft).
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 ]
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.
(kwye or kywe = buffalo) Myanmar: swamp-type; varies locally in size, color and horn shape; [11] the larger § Shan Kwye is classified as a distinct "breed" the Burmese wild buffalo is a feral gayal (or mithun) Burmese wild buffalo: Burmese: pyaung, pyun also referred to as: the Burmese gaur (either Bos gaurus readai or Bos gaurus laosiensis ...
The Murrah buffalo is a breed of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) mainly kept for milk production. It originates in Haryana and Punjab of India, where it is kept in the districts of Bhiwani , Agra , Hisar , Rohtak , Jind , Jhajhar , Fatehabad , Gurgaon and the capital region of Delhi . [ 1 ]
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 ).