Asiatic buffalo

Japanese: Asiatic buffalo(英語表記)Asiaticbuffalo
Asiatic buffalo

...Wild species are distributed in the tropical regions of Africa and South Asia, and there are three genera and six species: African buffalo (cross buffalo) Synceros caffer (illustration), red buffalo (S. nanus ), Asian water buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ( = B. arnee ), Mindoran buffalo (B. mindorensis ), Anoa (Anoa depressicornis ) (illustration), and mountain anoa (A. quarlesi ). The Asian buffalo (English name Asiatic buffalo, water buffalo) (illustration) is different from the African buffalo in that the cross section of the horns is clearly triangular, the bases of the left and right are far apart, the ears are relatively small, there are no noticeable tufts of hair on the edges, and the hair on the back runs from the lower back to the front. Wild specimens were once widely distributed in Southeast Asia, but are now thought to remain only in small areas in Orissa, Nepal, Assam, southern Myanmar, Thailand, and northern Cambodia, and those found in the wild in Sri Lanka, Laos, and northern Borneo are suspected to be feral domesticated species.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…野生種はアフリカと南アジアの熱帯地方に分布し,アフリカスイギュウ(クロスイギュウ)Synceros caffer(イラスト),アカスイギュウS.nanus,アジアスイギュウBubalus bubalis(=B.arnee),ミンドロスイギュウ(タマラオ)B.mindorensis,アノアAnoa depressicornis(イラスト),ヤマアノアA.quarlesiの3属6種がある。 アジアスイギュウ(英名Asiatic buffalo,water buffalo)(イラスト)は,アフリカスイギュウと違って角の断面がはっきりした三角形で,左右の基部が遠く離れ,耳介が比較的小さく,その縁に顕著な毛の房がなく,背筋の毛は腰から前のほうへ向かっている。野生のものは,かつては東南アジアに広く分布していたらしいが,現在ではインドのオリッサ,ネパール,アッサム,ミャンマー南部,タイ,カンボジア北部の小地域にわずかに残っているのみといわれ,スリランカやラオス,ボルネオ北部などに野生するものは家畜種の野生化したものではないかと疑われている。…

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