Livestock
Water Buffalo
Also Known As Domestic Water Buffalo · Carabao The name for the swamp-type water buffalo breed of the Philippines specifically.
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The draft animal of the flooded field: strong, placid and at home in mud no ox will work. The water buffalo powers rice paddies from the Indus to the Mekong, and its rich milk supplies most of the dairy of India and Pakistan and the original mozzarella of Italy.
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Scientific Name Domestication RegionIndian subcontinent (river type) and China or Southeast Asia (swamp type) 1 Domesticated When (Circa)circa 3000 BC or earlier, river and swamp types separately 1 Primary UsesPaddy draft power, milk, meat, hides 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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