List of water buffalo breeds

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This is a list of domestic water buffalo breeds and their uses.

Contents

 1Breeds
 2See also
 3References
o 3.1Sources
 4External links

Breeds[edit]
The domestic water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is descended from the wild water
buffalo (Bubalus arnee), now designated an endangered species. Water buffaloes have
been bred, predominantly in Asia, for thousands of years for use by humans. Their main
domestic uses are as draught animals and for the production of milk and meat. Two
types are recognized, the river-type and the swamp-type. Note: except where otherwise
indicated, the reference for all entries is DAD-IS.[1]

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Name Picture Origin Notes, references
name e

Al-
see § Iranian and Iraqi[2] § Iraqi marsh buffalo[3]
Ahwar

Al
Jamoose see § Iraqi[3]
or Jimes
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Turkish: Ana
Turkey: the
dolu
Marmara
Mandasın,
and Black dairy,
Anatolia regional: Ca
Sea draug of § Mediterranean-type[2][4]
n buffalo mız,
regions, ht
Camış,
and South
Kömüş,
Turkey
Dombay

Assam NE India swamp-type[5][6]

Australian
swamp
buffalo
(swamp- feral swamp-type buffaloes imported
type), Australia's from the eastern Indonesian islands
Australia
riverine Northern in the 1820s;
n buffalo
buffalo Territory river-type buffaloes were imported
(river-type), in the 1990s[5]
Australiano
(in
Venezuela)

Azeri, § Caucasian buffalo;[5]

Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan, Iranian Azari (=an ecotype of
Azari
Iranian, NW Iran the § Iranian) comprises 70% of the
Caucasian Iranian buffalo population[3]

NW
Azi Pakistan: light brown or albinoid milking
dairy
Kheli the Swat buffalo[6]
valley
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Badavan see § Bhadawari[5]

swamp-type;
dual- color labels separate the swamp-type
purpo from typically black (preto) South
N
se American river-type breeds;
Baio Vermelho Brazil: Mar
(meat considered a naturalized type or
ajó genetic group rather than a breed,
and
dairy) categorization similar to § Brazilian
Carabao[7][8]

the Nile Delta's milking variety of

the § Egyptian buffalo;[7]
Baladi
has longer curved horns, is black or
(= local
Egypt dairy gray in color;
or
varieties of the Baladi type are
native)
the § Beheri and
the § Minufi buffalo[9]

Balkan see § European[7]

Bama
see § Burmese[7]
kwye

native buffaloes of Bangladesh's

floodplains;
dairy, includes both a black indigenous
Banglad
Bangladesh draug river-type (western and central
eshi
ht areas) and a small gray indigenous
swamp-type (eastern areas);
see also § Mahish[7]

Banglad Bangladesh dairy a type of the § Bangladeshi,

eshi, farmed semi-intensively for milk[7]
albinoid
of the
central
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part of
the
country

Banglad
eshi,
albinoid
of the draug the smallest (average height 126/121
Bangladesh
western ht cm) of the § Bangladeshi buffaloes [7]
part of
the
country

Banglad
eshi,
native
black indigenous river-type of
buffaloe Bangladesh
the § Bangladeshi[7]
s in the
central
part

Banglad
eshi, smaller gray
native indigenous § Bangladeshi swamp-
buffaloe Bangladesh type with white stockings and
s in the sometimes white spots on each side
eastern of the face; crescent-shaped horns[7]
part

Banglad
eshi,
native
larger than native water buffaloes of
buffaloe Bangladesh dairy
that area[7]
s in the
southern
part

Banglad Bangladesh black indigenous river-type of

eshi, the § Bangladeshi[7]
native
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buffaloe
s in the
western
part

W India:
the
Kachchh developed by the semi-
Banni dairy
(Kutch) pastoralist Maldhari community[7]
region of
Gujarat

a variety of
Egypt: Beh
the § Egyptian buffalo[7] of
Beheri eira Provin dairy
the § Baladi type;
ce
slate-gray or black in color[9]

Belang see § Tadong[7]

India: Uttar
dairy,
Bhadaw Badavan, Pradesh an
draug selectively improved river-type[7]
ari Etawah d Madhya
ht
Pradesh

Bhainsi see § Nepalese[7]

Bhavane
see § Jafarabadi[7]
gri

Binhu China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[10]

Borneo see § Kalang

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buffalo

 swamp-type breeds
descended from stock
originating from
French Indochina,
including the black
Philippine Carabao;
initially imported in
about 1890 to Marajó
Kalabaw, Ka
Island (most are still
laban
found there today); see
Portuguese:
§§ Brazilian
bufalo de
Carabao, Rosilho,
pantano (=
Brazilia swamp-type and Baio[7][8]
Brazil  river-type breeds from
n breeds)
Portuguese: India, Italy and Egypt
preto (= were imported in the
typically early to mid-20th
black river- century; there are three
type breeds) river-type breeds
recognized:
o the § Jafar
abadi
o the § Medi
terranean
o the § Murr
ah[8]
meat
and has its own herdbook in Brazil,
draug described as a naturalized genetic
Brazilian
Kalaban Brazil ht group rather than a breed;
Carabao
swam there is a variety called
p- the § Rosilho[7]
type
Búfalo
de Cuba
Pantano
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Búfalo
Cuba
de Rio

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
speci the § Bhadawari);
Trinidadian alized
buffalo (some for has a refined head, prominent eyes,
Buffalyp times called Trinidad small flat compact horns growing
meat
so Trinidadian and Tobago back, up and in, short in the leg, low
bison or hog
and
haula compact body, meaty hindquarters,
cattle)
ge straight topline; typically Buffalypso
are red or fawn, colors include
black, brown, albinoid;
exported to 19 countries (the U.S.
and several Latin American
countries)[8]

a regional variety of the typical

European, i.e. the § Mediterranean;
meat, traditionally of strong, muscular
Bulgaria
Bulgaria dairy, working type, became triple-purpose
n buffalo
work animals;
the indigenous Bulgarian bison is
now extinct[8]
derives from crosses of
Mediterranean buffaloes with Indian
Murrah (and Surti) buffaloes
imported from 1962;
is black, black/brown or dark gray,
Bulgarian: Б
Bulgaria has large black eyes, coiled horns, a
ългарска
n Bulgaria dairy wide rump, long tail, voluminous
мyрра, Bulg
Murrah belly, deep broad chest, a short wide
arska murra
back often slightly dipped, well-
developed udder suited to machine
milking; is now rare in its homeland;
exported to Romania and South
America[8]
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swamp-type;
Burma varies locally in size, color and horn
(Myanmar); shape;[11]
locally: Bam
a  the larger § Shan
Burmese Myanmar
Kwye and Pa Kwye is classified as a
Sauk Kwye distinct "breed"
(kwye or kyw  the Burmese wild
e = buffalo) buffalo is a
feral gayal (or mithun)
Burmese Burmese: py Myanmar the wild buffaloes of Burma are
wild aung, pyun a gaur subspecies (either Bos gaurus
buffalo also referred readai or B. g. laosiensis) that were
to as: reputedly domesticated animals
(gayal or mithun) that became feral
 t in swampy bush areas;
h hunted and recaptured and kept by
e some farmers in hilly northern
jungles for producing meat and good
B leather[11]
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)
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B
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m
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s
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b
i
s
o
n
two varieties:

 the krabei beng

Cambodi o the moi (o
an Cambodia r § Mount
buffalo ain
buffalo)
 the krabei
leu (or krabei sre)[11]

meat,
the dairy,
Carabao swamp-type
Philippines draug
ht

Georgia,
Caucasia meat,
the Russian
n dairy
Federation

river-type;
saline-tolerant, well-adapted
Chilika India
to Orissa's vast brackish lagoon at
the mouth of the Daya River[6]

Chinese China many varieties:

buffalo the §§ Haizi
and Mountainous buffaloes,
the § Shanghai (incl. the Jiangsu
Round-Barrel), and the
§§ Dongliu, Wenzhou, Fu'an, Xiajian
g, Xinfeng
Mountainous, Xinlong, Fuzhong, Bin
hu, Enshi
Mountainous, Jianghan, Xingyang, S
hannan, Fuling, Yanjin, Dehong, Sou
theastern Yunnan, Guizhou,
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and Guizhou White buffaloes,

[12]
introduced to Hong Kong

De Vietnam

Dechang China

Dehong China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo

Domaci
Serbia
bivo

Dongliu China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo

river-type;
can be loosely divided, both
geographically and by type, into two
types:

 the long-horned local

buffaloes of the Nile
dairy, Delta: the
Egyptian Masri Egypt draug milking § Baladi, incl.
ht the § Beheri (slate-gray
to black in color) and
the § Minufi (dark gray)
 the short-horned
buffaloes of Upper
(southern) Egypt:
the § Saidi; primarily a
draught animal[13][14][9]
Enshi
Mountai China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[15]
nous

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
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Georgia,
Georgia
the Russian
n buffalo
Federation

Ghab Syria

Mazandarani
a minor northern ecotype of
Gilani , Iran
the § Iranian, see § Caucasian[3]
Shomali

Godavar
India
i

Greek
Greece
buffalo

Guizhou China

Guizhou
China
White

Haizi China

Iranian Iran and

dairy mainly river-types [3]
and Iraqi Iraq
the Iranian buffaloes by ecotype:

 the
Mazandarani, § Gilani o
r Shomali (a minor
northern
ecotype, see § Caucasi
Iranian see § Iranian and Iraqi an)
 the § Azari (70% of the
Iranian buffalo
population)
 the § Khuzestani or Kh
oozestani (an ecotype
of the southern
marshes)[3]
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Indonesian
water
buffalo,
Indonesi
Indonesian a semi-feral buffalo breed,
an wild Indonesia
swamp introduced to Komodo and Flores
buffalo
buffalo,
Indonesian
buffalo
Iranian
Azari see § Azari an ecotype of the § Iranian[3]
ecotype
meat,
Al Jamoose, Iraqi buffaloes are divided by habitat
dairy,
Jimes = into "marsh" and "city", or into
ridde
water buffalo the § Al Ahwar marsh buffalo and
Iraqi Iraq n
other: Dwab the larger and milkier river-type of
work
(Dauab), urban areas with considerable
anima
Granish diversity in color[3]
l
Italian: Bufal
a
Mediterrane
a Italiana,
of § Mediterranean-type (riverine);
Italian
Italian Mediterranean buffaloes have
Italian Mediterranea Italy dairy
been exported to Brazil and other
n,
parts of Latin America[3]
Mediterranea
n Italian,
Italiano (in
Venezuela)
Jafaraba
India dairy
di
Jaffraba
Gujarat dairy [16]

di

Jerangi India

Jianghan China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo

Kalaban Brazil
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Kalahan
India
di

Borneo
buffalo (in
Indonesia:
English),
Kalang (Kalimanta
Kerbau
n)
Rawa (in
Indonesian)

Kebo Indonesia

Kerbau-
Indonesia
Gunung
Kerbau-
Indonesi Indonesia
a
Kerbau
Indonesia
Moa
Kerbau-
Indonesia
Murrah
Kerbau-
Sumatra Indonesia
-Barat
Kerbau-
Sumatra Indonesia
-Utara
Kerbau-
Sumbaw Indonesia
a
Khoozes an § Iranian ecotype of the southern
Khuzestani Iran
tani marshes[3]
Kundhi, river-type;
E Pakistan:
Kundi Sindhi dairy some consider it a regional variety
N Sindh
Murrah of the § Murrah[17][18]
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Lanka Sri Lanka

Lime Nepal

a variety of the § Bangladeshi,

Mahish Bangladesh crossed with the indigenous swamp-
type, river-type dominant[7]
three varieties:

Malaysi  the kerbau § Sapi

kerbau Malaysia Tenusu
an
 the kerbau § Sawah
 the § Selembu[17][19]

Manda India

Mannar Sri Lanka

Marathw
India
ada

Masri see § Egyptian

the
Mediterr
Mediterran
anean
ean region

Mehsan
India dairy
a

the
Mestizo
Philippines
Egypt: the
a variety of
Minufi, Men southern
the § Egyptian buffalo[7] of § Baladi t
Minufi oufi or Mon and central dairy
ype;
oufi parts of the
dark gray in color[9]
Nile Delta
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Monouli Egypt

Mountai a variety of the krabei

moi Cambodia
n buffalo beng § Cambodian buffalo[20]
Mountai
China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo [21]
nous
Mundin
Indonesia
g

also found in Azerbaijan, Brazil,

India, China, Ecuador, Guatemala, Laos,
Murrah dairy
Pakistan Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri
Lanka, Vietnam

Myanma
r swamp see § Burmese[11][22]
buffalo
Berar,
Durna-
Thalia, two varieties:
W dairy,
Ellichpuri,
Nagpuri India: Mah draug
Gaulani,  the Purnathadi
arashtra ht
Gauli,  the § Pandharpuri
Marathwada
, Varadi

Nelore Argentina

Nepales
e hill Nepal
buffalo

Nepales
e
Nepal
mountai
n buffalo

Ngo Vietnam

E Pakistan,
Nili see § NiliRavi
N India
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a combination of two fairly similar

Pakistani water buffalo breeds, the
Nili and the Ravi; formerly
Panch E Pakistan,
NiliRavi dairy described as geographically isolated
Kalyani N India
varieties of the § Murrah
exported to Bangladesh, China, the
Philippines, Sri Lanka, Brazil[23][24]

Pa Sauk see § Burmese[23]

Pahadi see § Nepalese[23]

Palitana see § Jafarabadi[23]

Pampan
see § Indonesian[23]
gan
Panch
see § Nili-Ravi[23]
Kalyani
Pandhar Dharwari (in
India dairy see § Nagpuri[23]
puri Mysore)
Papua
New Papua New
Guinea Guinea
buffalo

Parkote see § Nepalese[23]

Parlakim
see § Manda[23]
edi
Peddaki
see § Kalahandi[23]
medi
Philippi
see § Carabao[23]
ne
Plain
Cambodia
buffalo
Purnatha
see § Nagpuri[23]
di

Purvi see § Nepalese[23]

E Pakistan,
Ravi Sandal Bar see § Nili-Ravi[23]
N India

Rawa see § Kalang[23]

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meat,
Romania dairy,
Romania
n buffalo draug
ht

Rosilho Brazil a variety of the § Brazilian Carabao[8]

Thai water
buffalo,
Thai swamp meat,
Siamese buffalo (in dairy,
Thailand swamp-type
buffalo English), draug
Kwai Thai, ht
Karbue (in
Thailand),

Saidi Egypt

Sambalp
India
ur
Sapi kerbau Sapi a variety of the § Malaysian;
Malaysia dairy
Tenusu Tenusu river-type[17]
kerbau Sawa a variety of the § Malaysian;
Sawah Malaysia
h; swamp-type[17]
Shangha
China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo
i
swamp-type
of the
elevated larger, heavier and darker in color
Shan
Shan Plateau Myanmar than other § Burmese buffaloes;
Kywe
in eastern- classified as a distinct "breed"[11]
central
Burma

Shannan China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo

Southeas
t China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo
Yunnan
South
India
Kanara
dairy,
India, Sri
Surti draug
Lanka
ht
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Taiwan
Taiwan
buffalo

Tamank
Sri Lanka
aduwa
the
Tamarao
Philippines
Tarai India,
buffalo Nepal

Tedong Indonesia

Tipo
Brazil
Baio

Toda India

meat,
dairy,
Toraya Indonesia
draug
ht

Trau Noi Vietnam

Trinitari
Venezuela see § Buffalypso
o
Wenzho
China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[25]
u
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Xiajiang China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[25]

a variety of the § Chinese buffalo of

Xilin China the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region[25]
Xinfeng
Mountai China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[25]
nous
Xinglon
China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[26]
g
Xingyan
China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[26]
g

Yanjin China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[26]

Yibin China a variety of the § Chinese buffalo[26]