Asian buffalo  (Bubalus bubalis)

Facts

Also known as:Asiatic buffalo, Indian buffalo, water buffalo, wild water buffalo, wild Asiatic buffalo and feral water buffalo
Previously known as:Bubalus arnee
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Family Bovidae
Genus Bubalus (1)
Size Head-body length: 2.4 – 3 m (2)
Tail length: 0.6 – 1 m (2)
Shoulder height: 1.5 – 1.9 m (3)
Weight up to 1.2 tonnes (male) (2)

Status

Classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1), and listed under Appendix III (Nepal) of CITES (as Bubalus arnee) (4).