WATER BUFFALO 
( Dos bubalis ) 
The Water Buffalo is the animal of grassy plains where water is 
abundant and where they make the mud wallows to which they are 
partial. The Buff alo usually live in large herds which split into smaller 
ones during the breeding season. It is this form of Buffalo that is widely 
domesticated. They are used as draught and milch cattle. Within the 
range of the wild form, which includes the Indian Peninsula and Burma, 
the tame herds interbreed with the wild individuals. 
Animals by Walter Escherich 
Background by William R. Leigh 
