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Abstract
Mikaela tiUII HOlTbe’”g and Ole LInd (2003) found that the
world’s buffaloes lire classified into two groups - the A ian and the
rican, The Asian buff>:,lo is called Bubalns lind consi ts of tl:u:ee pecies>-
die anoa of elebes, the tamaro of Miudori and the ami 01 Indian wild
buffalo. Bubalns bubalis is the name of the domesticated wild Indian
buffalo, previously called B. aruee, There are two general I.Ypes of the
domesticated buffalo, B. bubeli > - the river buffalo and the swamp buffalo.
The river buffalo bas 50 chromo iomes and die SWlllllp type has 48 the
amount of genetic material is ’lie SIlUl in both. They interbreed and
produce fertile progeny with 9 chromo ome .
The African buffalo L named yncems with a sinale pecies S.
caffer, with 11 mall number of sub-species, The African buffalo ha not
been domesticated and will [lot be discu sed further. TLJe B. Bnbalis is
widely distributed in. Asia. bur it has also been introducedto Europe, ear
East, hina, South America, the ronnel’ oviet Uuiou and the aribbeau.
The world. population of buffaloes is I 9 million, of these. 1441llillioLllive
ill Asia. vel half rhe ’odd- buffalo population i·in India - more than 75
million animals in northern India and Paki tau, buffaloes for milk:
production have been selected to a huge extent ( _’Iikaelrl er al 2003).
L’Iype of buffaloe al’ound the worl(1 :
r.r, wamp buffaloes:
The swamp typ is;mo t common in outheast A ill where it i mostly
employed a a draught animal. It has derived its name from tile natural