Smaller than the bison wild water buffalo is severely endangered. Less the four thousand heads survive in South East Asia. The animal is not related to Wild Cape Buffalo found in Africa. Smaller in size and weight to Gaur it is the second largest buffalo.
It is an ancestor domestic buffalo in South East Asia. By nature it inhabits marshy grasslands as in Indravati National Park in the Chattisgarh State of India The animal lives in herds as it is gregarious by habit. Much more ferocious by nature it has lost ground due habitat loss and hunting. Besides Indravati it is found in Udanti Wild Buffalo Sanctuary in Chattisgarh. It is found in larger numbers in Assam and Bhutan. An isolated population lives in Nepal. These animals are also found in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar.
It is an ancestor domestic buffalo in South East Asia. By nature it inhabits marshy grasslands as in Indravati National Park in the Chattisgarh State of India The animal lives in herds as it is gregarious by habit. Much more ferocious by nature it has lost ground due habitat loss and hunting. Besides Indravati it is found in Udanti Wild Buffalo Sanctuary in Chattisgarh. It is found in larger numbers in Assam and Bhutan. An isolated population lives in Nepal. These animals are also found in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar.
In some pockets interbreeding has taken place with domestic and feral stock. Its scientific name is Bubalus amee. The animal find place of pride in wildilfe on Chattisgarh in India.
Located in Dantewada District Indravati is a two thousand seven hundred plus sq km tiger reserve and home to this rare buffalo. The reserve is named after Indravati River that flows through it.The reserve is home to Central Indian Mammalian species including the swamp deer or Barasingha. It was a biodiversity rich region spreading across 40, 000 sq km but is badly fragmented now.
The flora constitute teak as dominent species besides dhawa, saja, moyan, salai, char, mahua, tendu, harra, bija, kullu, bel, semal, baherra, kosum, lyndia, shisham, haldu, arjun.Though tourism is limited there is good scope for wildlife watching birding around the preserve.
Located in Dantewada District Indravati is a two thousand seven hundred plus sq km tiger reserve and home to this rare buffalo. The reserve is named after Indravati River that flows through it.The reserve is home to Central Indian Mammalian species including the swamp deer or Barasingha. It was a biodiversity rich region spreading across 40, 000 sq km but is badly fragmented now.
The flora constitute teak as dominent species besides dhawa, saja, moyan, salai, char, mahua, tendu, harra, bija, kullu, bel, semal, baherra, kosum, lyndia, shisham, haldu, arjun.Though tourism is limited there is good scope for wildlife watching birding around the preserve.
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