Swamp Buffalo

Swamp Buffalo

• Common Name: Feral Water Buffalo / Swamp Buffalo (with swept-back horns)

• Family Name: Bovidae

• Scientific Name: Bubalus Bubalis Kerebau

• Origin: From Southeast Asia up to the Yangtze Valley and the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia

• ​​​​​​​Status: Introduced, Not Protected

• Average Size: 1.4m at the shoulder, 450kg

• ​Average Lifespan: 22 years

• Young: 1 to 2 every 2 years

• Gestation: 300 to 340 days​​​​

• Weaned: 6 to 9 months​