name: Buffalo

flavor_db_name_variants: buffalo

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Buffalo

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name_scientific: Bubalus bubalis

description: "The water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is a large bovid found on the Indian subcontinent to Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia, in Sri Lanka, in Luzon Island in the Philippines, and in Borneo. The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) native to Southeast Asia is considered a different species but most likely represents the ancestor of the domestic water buffalo. Water buffaloes are especially suitable for tilling rice fields, and their milk is richer in fat and protein than that of the dairy cow. The large feral population of northern Australia became established in the late 19th century, and there are smaller feral herds in New Guinea, Tunisia and northeastern Argentina. There are at least 130 million domestic water buffalo, and more human beings depend on them than on any other domestic animal."

itis_id: 552476

wikipedia_id: Bubalus_bubalis

picture_file_name: 316.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 6476

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legacy_id: 343

food_group: Animal foods

food_subgroup: Bovines

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2018-01-18T03:18:03.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:22.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 89462

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00312