Big game
Asian water buffalo
Bubalus bubalis
- Group
- Big game
- Size class
- Giant (300 kg+)
- Family
- Bovidae
Range
- Asia
- Oceania
Habitat
- Wetland
- Grassland
Range
Countries it is found in
21 countries
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Cambodia
- China
- Hong Kong SAR China
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Vietnam
Range from:GBIF occurrence records — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Asian water buffalo. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:Thomas MesaglioCC BY
Cross-reference
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