Asian water buffalo

Japanese: Asian water buffalo(英語表記)Asianwaterbuffalo
Asian water buffalo

…the English name for the animals of the Bovidae family, especially the water buffalo. It is used for the Asian water buffalo and the African buffalo, but is also a colloquial name for the American bison. The French settlers in Canada called the bison le bœuf (meaning cow), which changed into buffle, buffelo, and finally buffalo.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Asian water buffalo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…偶蹄目ウシ科の動物のうち,とくにスイギュウ類をさす英名。アジアスイギュウAsian water buffaloと,アフリカスイギュウAfrican buffaloに対して用いられるが,アメリカバイソンの俗称ともされる。これはカナダへ入植したフランス系の人々がバイソンをル・バッフle bœuf(ウシの意)と呼んだものが,英語でバッフルbuffle,バッフェロbuffeloと変化し,最後にバッファローとなったものである。…

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