List of water buffalo breeds

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

Breeds

The domestic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, is descended from the wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), now designated an endangered species. Buffalo 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 recognised, the river type and 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
Al-Ahwar	see § Iranian and Iraqi^{[M 1]}				§ Iraqi marsh buffalo^{[M 2]}
Al Jamoose or Jimes (= water buffalo)	see § Iraqi ^{[M 2]}
Anatolian buffalo		Turkish: Anadolu Mandasın, regional: Camız, Camış, Kömüş, Dombay	Turkey: Marmara and Black Sea region, and South Turkey	dairy, draught	of § Mediterranean type^{[M 1]}^[2]
Assam			NE India		Swamp-type^{[M 3]}^{[M 4]}
Australian buffalo		Australian Swamp Buffalo, Riverine Buffalo (river-type), Australiano (in Venezuela)	Australia's Northern Territory		feral Swamp buffalo imported from eastern Indonesian islands in the 1820s; river-type buffalo were imported in the 1990s^{[M 3]}
Azari		Azeri, Azerbaijan, Iranian, Caucasian	Azerbaijan, NW Iran		§ Caucasian buffalo; ^{[M 3]} Iranian Azari (=ecotype of § Iranian) comprises 70% of the Iranian buffalo population^{[M 2]}
Azi Kheli			NW Pakistan: Swat valley	dairy	light brown or albinoid milking buffalo^{[M 4]}
Badavan	see § Bhadawari^{[M 3]}
Baio		Vermelho	N Brazil: Marajó	dual-purpose meat and milk	Swamp type; colour labels separate the type from typically black (preto) South American River breeds; considered a naturalized type or genetic group rather than a breed, categorization similar to § Brazilian Carabao^{[M 5]}^{[M 6]}
Baladi (= local or native)			Egypt	dairy	Delta's milking variety of the § Egyptian buffalo;^{[M 5]} has longer curved horns, is black or grey in colour; varieties of the Baladi type are the § Beheri and the § Minufi buffalo^{[M 7]}
Balkan	see § European^{[M 5]}
Bama kwye	see § Burmese^{[M 5]}
Bangladeshi			Bangladesh	dairy, draught	native buffalo of Bangladesh's flood plaines; include both a black indigenous River type (western and central areas) and small grey indigenous Swamp buffalo (eastern areas); see also § Mahish^{[M 5]}
Bangladeshi, albinoid of the central part of the country			Bangladesh	dairy	type of § Bangladeshi buffalo, farmed semi-intensively for milk^{[M 5]}
Bangladeshi, albinoid of the western part of the country			Bangladesh	draught	smallest (average height 126/121 cm) of the § Bangladeshi buffaloes ^{[M 5]}
Bangladeshi, native buffaloes in the central part			Bangladesh		black indigenous River type of § Bangladeshi^{[M 5]}
Bangladeshi, native buffaloes in the eastem part			Bangladesh		smaller grey indigenous § Bangladeshi Swamp buffalo with white stockings and sometimes white spots on each side of the face; crescent horns^{[M 5]}
Bangladeshi, native buffaloes in the southern part			Bangladesh	dairy	larger than native buffaloes of that area.^{[M 5]}
Bangladeshi, native buffaloes in the western part			Bangladesh		black indigenous River type of § Bangladeshi^{[M 5]}
Banni			W India: Kachchh (Kutch) region of Gujarat	diary	developed by the semi-pastoralist Maldhari community^{[M 5]}
Beheri			Egypt: Beheira province	dairy	variety of the § Egyptian buffalo^{[M 5]} of § Baladi type; slate grey or black in colour^{[M 7]}
Belang	see § Tadong^{[M 5]}
Bhadawari		Badavan, Etawah	India: Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh	dairy, draught	selectively improved River type^{[M 5]}
Bhainsi	see § Nepalese^{[M 5]}
Bhavanegri	see § Jafarabadi^{[M 5]}
Binhu			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo^{[M 8]}
Borneo buffalo	see § Kalang and § Malaysian (kerbau § Sawah)^{[M 5]}
Brazilian		Kalabaw, Kalaban Portuguese: bufalo de pantano (= Swamp buffalo) Portuguese: preto (= typically black River breeds)	Brazil		Swamp buffalo types descended from stock originating from French Indochina including the black Philippine Carabao; initially imported in about 1890 to Marajó Island (most are still found today there); see §§ Brazilian Carabao, Rosilho, and Baio ^{[M 5]}^{[M 6]} River types from India, Italy and Egypt were imported in the early to mid-20th century; there are three River breeds recognized: § Jafarabadi § Mediterranean § Murrah^{[M 6]}
Brazilian carabao		Kalaban	Brazil	meat and draught Swamp buffalo	own herdbook in Brazil, described as a naturalized genetic group rather than a breed; there is a variety with the name § Rosilho ^{[M 5]}
Búfalo de Pantano			Cuba
Búfalo de Rio			Cuba
Buffalypso		Trinidadian buffalo (sometimes called bison or hog cattle)	Trinidad and Tobago	specialized meat and haulage buffalo	derives from crosses between Swamp-type § Carabao and River breeds (as § Murrah, § Nili-Ravi, § Jafarabadi, § Surti, § Nagpuri, and § 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; exported to 19 countries (the USA and several Latin American countries)^{[M 6]}
Bulgarian buffalo			Bulgaria	work, meat, dairy	regional variety of the typical European, i.e. the § Mediterranean; traditionally of strong muscular working type, became triple-purpose animals; the indigenous Bulgarian buffalo is now extinct^{[M 6]}
Bulgarian Murrah		Bulgarian: Българска мyрра, Bulgarska murra	Bulgaria	dairy	derives from crosses of Mediterranean buffalo with Indian Murrah (and Surti) buffalo imported from 1962; is black, black/brown or dark grey, has large black eyes, coiled horns, a wide rump, long tail, voluminous belly, dep 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^{[M 6]}
Burmese		Burma (Myanmar); locally: Bama Kwye and Pa Sauk Kwye (kwye or kywe = buffalo)	Myanmar		Swamp buffalo; vary locally in size, color and horn shape;^{[M 9]} the larger § Shan Kwye is classified as a distinct 'breed' Burmese wild buffalo is a feral gayal (or mithun)
Burmese wild buffalo		Burmese: pyaung, pyun also referred to as: Burmese gaur (Bos gaurus readai or Bos gaurus laosiensis) Burmese bison	Myanmar		wild buffalo in Burma are a gaur subspecies (Bos gaurus readai or B. g. laosiensis) that were reputedly domesticated animals (gayal or mithun) and became feral in swampy bush areas; hunted and recaptured and kept by some farmers in hilly northern jungles for producing meat and good leather^{[M 9]}
Cambodian buffalo			Cambodia		varieties: krabei beng moi (or § mountain buffalo) krabei leu (or krabei sre)^{[M 9]}
Carabao			Philippines	dairy, meat, draught	Swamp
Caucasian			Georgia, Russian Federation	dairy, meat
Chilika			India		River type; saline-tolerant, well adapted to Orissa's vast brackish lagoon at the mouth of the Daya River^{[M 4]}
Chinese buffalo			China		varieties: §§ Haizi and Mountainous buffalo, § Shanghai (incl. the Jiangsu Round-Barrel), §§ Dongliu, Wenzhou, Fu'an, Xiajiang, Xinfeng Mountainous, Xinlong, Fuzhong, Binhu, Enshi Mountainous, Jianghan, Xingyang, Shannan, Fuling, Yanjin, Dehong, South-east Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guizhou White buffalo^{[M 10]}
De			Vietnam
Dechang			China
Dehong			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo
Domaci bivo			Serbia
Dongliu			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo
Egyptian		Masri	Egypt	dairy, draught	River type; can be loosely divided both geographically and ba type into two groups: longer-horned local types of the Delta: milking § Baladi, incl. the § Beheri (slate grey to black in colour) and the § Minufi (dark grey) buffalo of Upper (southern) Egypt: § Saidi with short curved horns, which is primarily a draught animal^[3]^{[M 11]}^{[M 7]}
Enshi Mountainous			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo^{[M 12]}
Fu'an			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo
Fuling			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo
Fuzhong			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo
Gaddi			Nepal
Georgian buffalo			Georgia
Ghab			Syria
Gilani		Mazandarani, Shomali	Iran		minor northern ecotype of § Iranian, see § Caucasian ^{[M 2]}
Godavari			India
Greek buffalo			Greece
Guizhou			China
Guizhou White			China
Haizi			China
Iranian and Iraqi			Iran and Iraq	dairy	mainly River types^{[M 2]}
Iranian	see § Iranian and Iraqi				Iranian buffalo by ecotype: Mazandarani, § Gilani or Shomali (minor northern ecotype, see § Caucasian) § Azari (70% of Iranian buffalo population) § Khuzestani or Khoozestani (ecotype of the southern marshes)^{[M 2]}
Indonesian Wild buffalo		Indonesian Water buffalo, Indonesian Swamp buffalo	Indonesia		Semi wild buffalo breed, introduced to Komodo (island) and Flores
Iranian Azari Ecotype	see § Azari				ecotype of § Iranian^{[M 2]}
Iraqi		Al Jamoose, Jimes = water buffalo other: Dwab (Dauab), Granish	Iraq	dairy, meat, ridden work animal	Iraqi buffalo are divided by habitat into "marsh" and "city", or into § Al Ahwar marsh buffalo and the larger and milkier River type of urban areas with considerable diversity in colour^{[M 2]}
Italian		Italian: Bufala Mediterranea Italiana, Italian Mediterranean, Mediterranean Italian, Italiano (in Venezuela)	Italy	dairy	of § Mediterranean type (riverine); Mediterranean Italian dairy buffalo have been exported to Brazil and other parts of Latin America^{[M 13]}
Jafarabadi			India	dairy
Jaffrabadi			Gujarat	Dairy	^[4]
Jerangi			India
Jianghan			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo
Kalaban			Brazil
Kalahandi			India
Kalang		Borneo buffalo (in English), kerbau-Rawa (in Indonesian), kerbau Sawah (in Malaysia)	Indonesia: Kalimantan		Swamp buffalo; in the Malaysian part of the island (i.e. Sarawak and Sabah) the buffalo is known as kerbau Sawah (see § Malaysian)^{[M 14]}
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		§ Iranian ecotype of the southern marshes^{[M 2]}
Khouay buffalo			Laos
Kundi		Kundhi, Sindhi Murrah	E Pakistan: N Sindh	dairy	River type; some would designate it as regional variety of the § Murrah^{[M 15]}^[5]
Lanka			Sri Lanka
Lime			Nepal
Mahish			Bangladesh		variety of § Bangladeshi, crossed with indigenous Swamp buffalo, river type dominant^{[M 5]}
Malaysian		kerbau	Malaysia		varieties: kerbau § Sapi Tenusu kerbau § Sawah § Selembu ^{[M 16]}^[6]
Manda			India
Mannar			Sri Lanka
Marathwada			India
Masri	see § Egyptian
Mediterranean			Mediterranean
Mehsana			India	dairy
Mestizo			Philippines
Minufi		Minufi, Menoufi or Monoufi	Egypt: southern and central parts of the Delta	dairy	variety of the § Egyptian buffalo^{[M 5]} of § Baladi type; dark grey in colour^{[M 7]}
Monouli			Egypt
Mountain buffalo		moi	Cambodia		variety of the krabei beng § Cambodian buffalo^{[M 17]}
Mountainous			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo^{[M 18]}
Munding			Indonesia
Murrah			India, Pakistan	dairy	also Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Guatemala, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam
Myanmar Swamp buffalo	see § Burmese^{[M 9]}^{[M 19]}
Nagpuri		Berar, Durna-Thalia, Ellichpuri, Gaulani, Gauli, Marathwada, Varadi	W India: Maharashtra	draught, dairy	varieties: Purnathadi § Pandharpuri
Nelore			Argentina
Nepalese Hill			Nepal
Nepalese Mountain			Nepal
Ngo			Vietnam
Nili			E Pakistan, N India		see § NiliRavi
NiliRavi		Panch Kalyani	E Pakistan, N India	dairy	combination of two fairly similar Pakistan buffalo Nili and Ravi; formerly described as geographically isolated varieties of the § Murrah exported to Bangladesh, China, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Brazil^{[M 20]}^[7]
Pa Sauk	see § Burmese^{[M 20]}
Pahadi	see § Nepalese^{[M 20]}
Palitana	see § Jafarabadi^{[M 20]}
Pampangan	see § Indonesian^{[M 20]}
Panch Kalyani	see § Nili-Ravi^{[M 20]}
Pandharpuri		Dharwari (in Mysore)	India	dairy	see § Nagpuri^{[M 20]}
Papua New Guinea buffalo			Papua New Guinea
Parkote	see § Nepalese^{[M 20]}
Parlakimedi	see § Manda^{[M 20]}
Peddakimedi	see § Kalahandi^{[M 20]}
Philippine	see § Carabao^{[M 20]}
Plain buffalo			Cambodia
Purnathadi	see § Nagpuri^{[M 20]}
Purvi	see § Nepalese^{[M 20]}
Ravi		Sandal Bar	E Pakistan, N India		see § Nili-Ravi^{[M 20]}
Rawa	see § Kalang^{[M 20]}
Romanian buffalo			Romania	dairy, meat, draught
Rosilho			Brazil		variety of the § Brazilian Carabao ^{[M 6]}
Siamese buffalo		Thai Water buffalo, Thai Swamp buffalo (in English), Kwai Thai, Karbue (in Thailand),	Thailand	dairy, meat, draught	Swamp type
Saidi			Egypt
Sambalpur			India
Sapi Tenusu		kerbau Sapi Tenusu	Malaysia	dairy	variety of § Malaysian; River-type^{[M 15]}
Sawah		kerbau Sawah; Borneo buffalo	Malaysia		variety of § Malaysian; Swamp buffalo^{[M 16]}
Selembu			Malaysia		variety of § Malaysian; very rare interspecies hybrid by crossing single gaur with local Sahiwal x Friesian cows; resembles the wild gaur^{[M 21]}
Shanghai			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo
Shan Kywe		Swamp buffalo of the elevated Shan Plateau in eastern central Burma	Myanmar		larger and heavier and darker in colour than other § Bumese buffalo; classified as a distinct 'breed'^{[M 9]}
Shannan			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo
South-east Yunan			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo
South Kanara			India
Surti			India, Sri Lanka	dairy, draught
Taiwan buffalo			Taiwan
Tamankaduwa			Sri Lanka
Tamarao			Philippines
Tarai buffalo			India, Nepal
Tedong			Indonesia
Tipo Baio			Brazil
Toda			India
Toraya			Indonesia	dairy, meat, draught
Trau Noi			Vietnam
Trinitario			Venezuela
Wenzhou			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo^{[M 22]}
Xiajiang			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo^{[M 22]}
Xilin			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo of Guangxi Zhuang AR^{[M 22]}
Xinfeng Mountainous			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo^{[M 22]}
Xinglong			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo^{[M 23]}
Xingyang			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo^{[M 23]}
Yanjin			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo^{[M 23]}
Yibin			China		variety of the § Chinese buffalo^{[M 23]}

References

↑ Breeds from species:Buffalo. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2015.
↑ Anatolian Buffalo, Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Board of Regents. Last retrieved 2017 January 11
↑ Egyptian buffalo, Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Board of Regents. Last retrieved 2017 January 11
↑ Patbandha, Tapas; Pathak, Rupal; Marandi, S; Swain, Dilip; Ahlawat, AR (2015-10-01). Milking management practices in Gir cows and Jaffrabadi buffaloes. 9.
↑ Kundi buffalo, Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Board of Regents. Last retrieved 2017 January 11
↑ Malaysian buffalo, Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Board of Regents. Last retrieved 2017 January 11
↑ NiliRavi, Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Board of Regents. Last retrieved 2017 January 11

Footnotes

Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall and D. Phillip Sponenberg: Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. Volume 2. 6th edition. Wallingford: CAB International 2016. ISBN 978-1-78064-797-5

1 2 Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 960.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 970.
1 2 3 4 Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 961.
1 2 3 Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 969.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 962.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 963.
1 2 3 4 Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 967.
↑ Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 962, 966.
1 2 3 4 5 Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 964.
↑ Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 965–966
↑ Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 966.
↑ Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 966, 967.
↑ Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 970, 970.
↑ Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 971, 972.
1 2 Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 972.
1 2 Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 972–973
↑ Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 964, 973.
↑ Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 965, 973.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 975.
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1 2 3 4 Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 965, 978.
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[dad-1] Breeds from species:Buffalo. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2015.

[4] Anatolian Buffalo, Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Board of Regents. Last retrieved 2017 January 11

[13] Egyptian buffalo, Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Board of Regents. Last retrieved 2017 January 11

[17] Patbandha, Tapas; Pathak, Rupal; Marandi, S; Swain, Dilip; Ahlawat, AR (2015-10-01). Milking management practices in Gir cows and Jaffrabadi buffaloes. 9.

[20] Kundi buffalo, Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Board of Regents. Last retrieved 2017 January 11

[22] Malaysian buffalo, Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Board of Regents. Last retrieved 2017 January 11

[27] NiliRavi, Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Board of Regents. Last retrieved 2017 January 11

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[16] Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 970, 970.

[18] Valerie Porter: Water Buffalo. p. 971, 972.

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