V. Breeds_Buffalo

Question 1

Scientific Name of Buffalo

Water buffaloes, Asian buffaloes

Answer 1

Bubalus bubalis

Question 2

Term used to signify water or swamp buffaloes common in the Philippines

Answer 2

Carabao

Question 3

a Filipino term for these Bovine animals common in swamps and river valleys of the humid tropical countries of Southeast Asia

Answer 3

Carabao

Question 4

2 types of carabao in the Philippines:

Answer 4

1. River types
2. Swamp types

Question 5

A. River Type Buffaloes (Indian subcontinent and Europe)
1. North Indian and Pakistani Breeds

Answer 5

a. Large size
Murrah
Nili ravi
Kindi

b. Medium size
Bhadawari

Question 6

A. River Type Buffaloes (Indian subcontinent and Europe)
2. Central Indian Breeds

Answer 6

a. Large Size
Jafarabadi

b. Medium size
Surti
Mehsana
Nagpuri
Pandhapuri
Marathwadi
Dharwardi

Question 7

A. River Type Buffaloes (Indian subcontinent and Europe)
3. South Indian Breeds

Answer 7

Toda
Malabari

Question 8

A. River Type Buffaloes (Indian subcontinent and Europe)
4. Near East and Europe

Answer 8

Iragi/lranian (Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel)
Behere, Saidi (Egypt)
Caucasian (USSR — Russia)
Anatolian (Turkey)

Question 9

B. Swamp Type Buffaloes

Answer 9

Chinese buffaloes
Philippine carabao
Thai Buffalo
Kampuchean

Question 10

Another Asian buffalo

small, hairy variety of water buffalo

Native to the Philippines island of Mindoro, this animal is only about 1.1 m (about 3.5 ft) high at the shoulder.

Answer 10

Tamaraw

Question 11

Differences Between Swamp Type and River Type of Buffaloes

Answer 11

Swamp Type
1. Heavy bodies and stocky built
2. Body is short and belly is large
3. Forehead is flat with prominent eyes and short face
4, Wide muzzle, long neck with withers and croup prominent
5. Skin is gray at birth becomes blue in adult
6. Horns grow outward and curves in a semi-circle
7. Used as draft animal

River Type
1. Large face, smooth girth, bigger limbs and legs
2. Skin is black but some may have dark hairs (Prominent back and sacrum)
3. Horns grow backward and downward

Question 12

Two common types of swamp Buffalo:

Answer 12

1. Philippine Carabao
2. Thai Carabao

Question 13

Native of the Philippines

very sturdy animal with a body confirmation that is rounded and heavy built with tough muscles enclosed in tight skin or thick hide

Answer 13

Philippine Carabao

Question 13

Beast of burden and also source of meat

Answer 13

Thai Carabao