Buffalo is on breeding animals that are still included in subkeluarga bovinae.
Wild buffalo or also called Arni still be found in areas of Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, China, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Thailand. Taming buffalo are very common in Asia, south America, north Africa, and Europe. Many live and wild buffalo found in Southeast Asia, although the origin of buffalo is still questionable. Currently the population of wild buffalo in Asia began to decline and it is feared that in future there will be no wild buffalo population could be found. Adult water buffalo can weigh approximately 300 kg to 600 kg.
Wild buffalo can weigh more, the female buffalo can weigh up to 800 kg and buffalo male can weigh up to 1200 kg. The average weight of male buffalo is 900 kg and average height at the shoulders of the buffalo is 1.7 m. One feature that distinguishes wild buffalo with domestic buffalo is that the domestic water buffalo has a rounded belly. With the mixing of the descendants of buffalo between different populations, buffalo weight may vary. Buffalo expected to come from south Asia.
Buffalo from Asia
Asia is home to buffalo. 95% of the population of buffalo in the world are in Asia. Many Asian countries that depend on this species, both for meat, milk or manpower. In 1992 the population of buffalo in Asia is expected to reach 141 million birds. Fat content of buffalo milk is extremely high. There are two subspecies that live in Asia is the buffalo river which can be found in Nepal till at an altitude of 2800 m, and the swamp buffalo living in the lowlands. Buffalo can live with efficiency in times of food shortage, which causes the animal's survival. Buffalo is often used to plow rice fields, because they can move in the mud much better than cows.
In the wild population of only a few surviving wild buffalo. Indian wild buffalo can be found in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand. Buffalo has a very large horn with an average of 1 m in size. However a buffalo was shot in 1955 and has horns that measure from end to end reach 4.24 m. It's also one reason why the buffalo are rarely attacked by carnivorous animals. Tiger is one of the carnivorous animals that can kill water buffalo weighing up to 1000 up to 1200 kg. And only an experienced tiger will attack a buffalo in the first leg. If attacked by a buffalo will be facing a tiger with horns and nose and into line. Buffalo is also known as the animals that often attack even without provocation. This causes the water buffalo can still be a dangerous animal for humans.