List of water buffalo breeds
This is a list of domestic water buffalo breeds and their uses.
Breeds
The domestic water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is descended from the
swamp-type
.
Note: except where otherwise indicated, the reference for all entries is DAD-IS.[1]
Name | Picture | Alternate name | Origin | Use | Notes, references | |
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Al-Ahwar | see § Iranian and Iraqi[2] | § Iraqi marsh buffalo[3] | ||||
Al Jamoose or Jimes | see § Iraqi[3] | |||||
Anatolian buffalo | Turkish: Anadolu Mandası, regional: Camız, Camış, Kömüş, Dombay |
Turkey: the Marmara and Black Sea regions, and South Turkey | dairy, draught | of § Mediterranean-type[2][4] | ||
Assam | NE India | swamp-type[5][6] | ||||
Australian buffalo |
Australian swamp buffalo (swamp-type), riverine buffalo (river-type), Australiano (in Venezuela) |
Australia's Northern Territory | feral swamp-type buffaloes imported from the eastern Indonesian islands in the 1820s; river-type buffaloes were imported in the 1990s[5] | |||
Azari | Azeri, Azerbaijan, Iranian, Caucasian |
Azerbaijan, NW Iran | § Caucasian buffalo;[5] Iranian Azari (=an ecotype of the § Iranian) comprises 70% of the Iranian buffalo population[3] | |||
Azi Kheli | NW Pakistan: the Swat valley |
dairy | light brown or albinoid milking buffalo[6] | |||
Badavan | see § Bhadawari[5] | |||||
Baio | Vermelho | N Brazil: Marajó | dual-purpose (meat and dairy) | swamp-type; color labels separate the swamp-type from typically black (preto) South American river-type breeds; considered a naturalized type or genetic group rather than a breed, categorization similar to § Brazilian Carabao[7][8] | ||
Baladi (= local or native) |
Egypt | dairy | the Nile Delta's milking variety of the § Egyptian buffalo;[7] has longer curved horns, is black or gray in color; varieties of the Baladi type are the § Beheri and the § Minufi buffalo[9] | |||
Balkan | see § European[7] | |||||
Bama kwye | see § Burmese[7] | |||||
Bangladeshi | Bangladesh | dairy, draught | native buffaloes of Bangladesh's floodplains; includes both a black indigenous river-type (western and central areas) and a small gray indigenous swamp-type (eastern areas); see also § Mahish[7] | |||
Bangladeshi, albinoid of the central part of the country | Bangladesh | dairy | a type of the § Bangladeshi, farmed semi-intensively for milk[7] | |||
Bangladeshi, albinoid of the western part of the country | Bangladesh | draught | the smallest (average height 126/121 cm) of the § Bangladeshi buffaloes [7] | |||
Bangladeshi, native buffaloes in the central part | Bangladesh | black indigenous river-type of the § Bangladeshi[7] | ||||
Bangladeshi, native buffaloes in the eastern part | Bangladesh | smaller gray indigenous § Bangladeshi swamp-type with white stockings and sometimes white spots on each side of the face; crescent-shaped horns[7] | ||||
Bangladeshi, native buffaloes in the southern part | Bangladesh | dairy | larger than native water buffaloes of that area[7] | |||
Bangladeshi, native buffaloes in the western part | Bangladesh | black indigenous river-type of the § Bangladeshi[7] | ||||
Banni | W India: the Kachchh (Kutch) region of Gujarat | dairy | developed by the semi-pastoralist Maldhari community[7] | |||
Beheri | Egypt: Beheira Province |
dairy | a variety of the § Egyptian buffalo[7] of the § Baladi type; slate-gray or black in color[9] | |||
Belang | see § Tadong[7] | |||||
Bhadawari | Badavan, Etawah |
India: Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh | dairy, draught | selectively improved river-type[7] | ||
Bhainsi | see § Nepalese[7] | |||||
Bhavanegri | see § Jafarabadi[7] | |||||
Binhu | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[10] | ||||
Borneo buffalo | see § Kalang | |||||
Brazilian | Kalabaw, Kalaban Portuguese: bufalo de pantano (= swamp-type breeds) Portuguese: preto (= typically black river-type breeds) |
Brazil |
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Brazilian Carabao | Kalaban | Brazil | meat and draught swamp-type | has its own herdbook in Brazil, described as a naturalized genetic group rather than a breed; there is a variety called the § Rosilho[7] | ||
Búfalo de Pantano | Cuba | see § Australian buffalo
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Búfalo de Rio | Cuba | see § Buffalypso | ||||
Buffalypso | Trinidadian buffalo (sometimes called Trinidadian bison or hog cattle) | Trinidad and Tobago | specialized for meat and haulage | derives from crosses between the swamp-type § Carabao and river-type breeds (such as the § Murrah, the § Nili-Ravi, the § Jafarabadi, the § Surti, § Nagpuri, and the § Bhadawari);
has a refined head, prominent eyes, small flat compact horns growing back, up and in, short in the leg, low compact body, meaty hindquarters, straight topline; typically Buffalypso are red or fawn, colors include black, brown, albinoid; | ||
Bulgarian buffalo | Bulgaria | meat, dairy, work | a regional variety of the typical European, i.e. the § Mediterranean; traditionally of strong, muscular working type, became triple-purpose animals; the indigenous Bulgarian bison is now extinct[8] | |||
Bulgarian Murrah | Bulgarian: Българска мyрра, Bulgarska murra | Bulgaria | dairy | derives from crosses of Mediterranean buffaloes with Indian Murrah (and Surti) buffaloes imported from 1962;
is black, black/brown or dark gray, has large black eyes, coiled horns, a wide rump, long tail, voluminous belly, deep broad chest, a short wide back often slightly dipped, well-developed udder suited to machine milking; is now rare in its homeland; exported to Romania and South America[8] | ||
Burmese | Burma (Myanmar); locally: Bama Kwye and Pa Sauk Kwye (kwye or kywe = buffalo) |
Myanmar | swamp-type; varies locally in size, color and horn shape;[11]
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Burmese wild buffalo | Burmese: pyaung, pyun also referred to as:
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Myanmar | the wild buffaloes of Burma are a gaur subspecies (either Bos gaurus readai or B. g. laosiensis) that were reputedly domesticated animals (gayal or mithun) that became feral in swampy bush areas; hunted and recaptured and kept by some farmers in hilly northern jungles for producing meat and good leather[11] | |||
Cambodian buffalo |
Cambodia | two varieties:
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Carabao | the Philippines | meat, dairy, draught | swamp-type | |||
Caucasian | Georgia, the Russian Federation | meat, dairy | ||||
Chilika | India | river-type; saline-tolerant, well-adapted to Orissa's vast brackish lagoon at the mouth of the Daya River[6]
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Chinese buffalo |
China | many varieties: the §§ Haizi and Mountainous buffaloes, the § Shanghai (incl. the Jiangsu Round-Barrel), and the §§ Dongliu, Wenzhou, Fu'an, Xiajiang, Xinfeng Mountainous, Xinlong, Fuzhong, Binhu, Enshi Mountainous, Jianghan, Xingyang, Shannan, Fuling, Yanjin, Dehong, Southeastern Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guizhou White buffaloes,[12] introduced to Hong Kong | ||||
De | Vietnam | |||||
Dechang | China | |||||
Dehong | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo | ||||
Domaci bivo | Serbia | |||||
Dongliu | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo | ||||
Egyptian | Masri | Egypt | dairy, draught | river-type; can be loosely divided, both geographically and by type, into two types: | ||
Enshi Mountainous | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[15] | ||||
Fu'an | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo | ||||
Fuling | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo | ||||
Fuzhong | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo | ||||
Gaddi | Nepal | |||||
Georgian buffalo | Georgia, the Russian Federation | |||||
Ghab | Syria | |||||
Gilani | Mazandarani, Shomali |
Iran | a minor northern ecotype of the § Iranian, see § Caucasian[3] | |||
Godavari | India | |||||
Greek buffalo | Greece | |||||
Guizhou | China | |||||
Guizhou White | China | |||||
Haizi | China | |||||
Iranian and Iraqi | Iran and Iraq | dairy | mainly river-types [3] | |||
Iranian | see § Iranian and Iraqi | the Iranian buffaloes by ecotype:
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Indonesian wild buffalo | Indonesian water buffalo, Indonesian swamp buffalo, Indonesian buffalo |
Indonesia | a feral water buffalo breed, introduced to Komodo and Flores | |||
Iranian Azari ecotype | see § Azari | an ecotype of the § Iranian[3] | ||||
Iraqi | Al Jamoose, Jimes = water buffalo other: Dwab (Dauab), Granish |
Iraq | meat, dairy, ridden work animal | Iraqi buffaloes are divided by habitat into "marsh" and "city", or into the § Al Ahwar marsh buffalo and the larger and milkier river-type of urban areas with considerable diversity in color[3] | ||
Italian | Italian: Bufala Mediterranea Italiana, Italian Mediterranean, Mediterranean Italian, Italiano (in Venezuela) |
Italy | dairy | of § Mediterranean-type (riverine); Italian Mediterranean buffaloes have been exported to Brazil and other parts of Latin America[3] | ||
Jafarabadi | India | dairy | ||||
Jaffrabadi |
Gujarat | dairy | [16] | |||
Jerangi | India | |||||
Jianghan | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo | ||||
Kalaban | Brazil | |||||
Kalahandi | India | |||||
Kalang | Borneo buffalo (in English), Kerbau Rawa (in Indonesian) |
Indonesia: (Kalimantan) | ||||
Kebo | Indonesia | |||||
Kerbau-Gunung | Indonesia | |||||
Kerbau-Indonesia | Indonesia | |||||
Kerbau Moa | Indonesia | |||||
Kerbau-Murrah | Indonesia | |||||
Kerbau-Sumatra-Barat | Indonesia | |||||
Kerbau-Sumatra-Utara | Indonesia | |||||
Kerbau-Sumbawa | Indonesia | |||||
Khoozestani | Khuzestani | Iran | an § Iranian ecotype of the southern marshes[3] | |||
Kundi | Kundhi, Sindhi Murrah |
E Pakistan: N Sindh | dairy | river-type; some consider it a regional variety of the § Murrah[17][18] | ||
Lanka | Sri Lanka | |||||
Lime | Nepal | |||||
Mahish | Bangladesh | a variety of the § Bangladeshi, crossed with the indigenous swamp-type, river-type dominant[7] | ||||
Malaysian | kerbau | Malaysia | three varieties:
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Manda | India | |||||
Mannar | Sri Lanka | |||||
Marathwada | India | |||||
Masri | see § Egyptian | |||||
Mediterranean | the Mediterranean region | |||||
Mehsana | India | dairy | ||||
Mestizo | the Philippines | |||||
Minufi | Minufi, Menoufi or Monoufi | Egypt: the southern and central parts of the Nile Delta | dairy | a variety of the § Egyptian buffalo[7] of § Baladi type; dark gray in color[9] | ||
Monouli | Egypt | |||||
Mountain buffalo | moi | Cambodia | a variety of the krabei beng § Cambodian buffalo[20] | |||
Mountainous | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo [21] | ||||
Munding | Indonesia | |||||
Murrah | India, Pakistan | dairy | also found in Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Guatemala, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam | |||
Myanmar swamp buffalo | see § Burmese[11][22] | |||||
Nagpuri | Berar, Durna-Thalia, Ellichpuri, Gaulani, Gauli, Marathwada, Varadi | W India: Maharashtra | dairy, draught | two varieties:
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Nelore | Argentina | |||||
Nepalese hill buffalo | Nepal | |||||
Nepalese mountain buffalo | Nepal | |||||
Ngo | Vietnam | |||||
Nili | E Pakistan, N India | see § NiliRavi | ||||
Nili-Ravi |
Panch Kalyani | E Pakistan, N India | dairy | a combination of two fairly similar Pakistani water buffalo breeds, the Nili and the Ravi; formerly described as geographically isolated varieties of the § Murrah exported to Bangladesh, China, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Brazil and Venezuela[23][24] | ||
Pa Sauk | see § Burmese[23] | |||||
Pahadi | see § Nepalese[23] | |||||
Palitana | see § Jafarabadi[23] | |||||
Pampangan | see § Indonesian[23] | |||||
Panch Kalyani | see § Nili-Ravi[23] | |||||
Pandharpuri |
Dharwari (in Mysore) | India | dairy | see § Nagpuri[23] | ||
Papua New Guinea buffalo | Papua New Guinea | |||||
Parkote | see § Nepalese[23] | |||||
Parlakimedi | see § Manda[23] | |||||
Peddakimedi | see § Kalahandi[23] | |||||
Philippine | see § Carabao[23] | |||||
Plain buffalo | Cambodia | |||||
Purnathadi | see § Nagpuri[23] | |||||
Purvi | see § Nepalese[23] | |||||
Ravi | Sandal Bar | E Pakistan, N India | see § Nili-Ravi[23] | |||
Rawa | see § Kalang[23] | |||||
Romanian buffalo | Romania | meat, dairy, draught | ||||
Rosilho | Brazil | a variety of the § Brazilian Carabao[8] | ||||
Siamese buffalo | Thai water buffalo, Thai swamp buffalo (in English), Kwai Thai, Karbue (in Thailand), |
Thailand | meat, dairy, draught | swamp-type | ||
Saidi | Egypt | |||||
Sambalpur | India | |||||
Sapi Tenusu | kerbau Sapi Tenusu | Malaysia | dairy | a variety of the § Malaysian; river-type[17] | ||
Sawah | kerbau Sawah; | Malaysia | a variety of the § Malaysian; swamp-type[17] | |||
Shanghai | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo | ||||
Shan Kywe | swamp-type of the elevated Shan Plateau in eastern-central Burma | Myanmar | larger, heavier and darker in color than other § Burmese buffaloes; classified as a distinct "breed"[11] | |||
Shannan | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo | ||||
Southeast Yunnan | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo | ||||
South Kanara | India | |||||
Surti | India, Sri Lanka | dairy, draught | ||||
Taiwan buffalo | Taiwan | |||||
Tamankaduwa | Sri Lanka | |||||
Tamarao | the Philippines | |||||
Tarai buffalo | India, Nepal | |||||
Tedong | Indonesia | |||||
Tipo Baio | Brazil | |||||
Toda | India | |||||
Toraya | Indonesia | meat, dairy, draught | ||||
Trâu Nội | Vietnam | |||||
Trinitario | Venezuela | see § Buffalypso | ||||
Wenzhou | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[25] | ||||
Xiajiang | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[25] | ||||
Xilin | China | a variety of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region[25]
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Xinfeng Mountainous | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[25] | ||||
Xinglong | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[26] | ||||
Xingyang | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[26] | ||||
Yanjin | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[26] | ||||
Yibin | China | a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[26] |
See also
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