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Asian Wild Water-Buffalo (Bubalus arnee)
Asian Wild Water-Buffalo (Bubalus arnee)
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Asian Wild Water-Buffalo (Bubalus arnee)
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Efforts to become number 1 in case of wildlife, 50 years ago extinct Wild Water Buffalo will now be brought back to Madhya Pradesh.
After creating a record in the number of tiger and leopard, Madhya Pradesh is trying to settle those species which have become extinct decades ago. After the African Cheetah, there is now a plan to bring wild buffalo from Chhattisgarh and Assam. Buffaloes will be inhabited in Kanha Tiger Reserve. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has approved this, but before bringing the buffalo it will be studied whether Kanha Park has a favorable environment for buffalo. The responsibility of the study has been entrusted to scientists of the Indian Wildlife Institute of Dehradun. Buffaloes have been extinct from Madhya Pradesh five decades ago. Preparations are on to bring wild buffalo in the state. The forest department is trying to get three pairs. The Government of Chhattisgarh and Assam are also ready for this, but the Kanha Park in which buffalo is to be inhabited. It is necessary to study it first. According to forest officials, the NTCA has written to the Wildlife Institute of India Dehradun for study. Experts say that the institute may soon send a team of scientists to Kanha Park for study. The team will stop here and study for three to six months. It is noteworthy that only bison (Gaur) is found in Madhya Pradesh. There are differences in both species. The last buffalo in the state is seen in the year 1979 near Roopjhir village in Panna's Rapura area. Claim of better environment in Kanha The wild area of Kanha Park is said to be favorable for wild buffalo. It has adequate fodder and water. The area has grasslands with a forest of small shrubs in a circumference of about three km. Epidemic One of the main reasons for bringing wild buffalo to Madhya Pradesh is to save them from the epidemic. At present, the number of Asian bison is less than four thousand. There are 11 buffaloes in Udayanti National Park in Chhattisgarh. Till a century ago, a large number of bison were found all over Southeast Asia. Who are now left in Raipur division of Kaziranga, Chhattisgarh, India. They say Wild buffalo has sent a proposal to settle in Kanha. The proposal has also been approved. Soon a team of scientists will come to study. Shifting will begin after this. Translated from google https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/bhopal-efforts-to-become-number-1-in-case-of-wildlife-50-years-ago-extinct-wild-buffaloes-will-now-be-brought-to-mp-6629516?fbclid=IwAR0BCbJzDvFfa2-dUs9lC2Sj9r3GXY3Mk6Zt06ItOLIo25VtfuzS_iW4hHo (12-25-2020, 03:30 AM)Ovie11 Wrote: Efforts to become number 1 in case of wildlife, 50 years ago extinct Wild Water Buffalo will now be brought back to Madhya Pradesh.I'm interested to see the results, from my experience Kanha doesn't seem to have suitable water areas to support a large population of Buffalo but if it does that would be sight to see.  Morphological variation in Asian water buffalo breeds
(a) Shanghai, swamp type from China; (b) Toraja Spotted, swamp type from Indonesia; © Sylhet, swamp type from Bangladesh; (d) Mediterranean river type; (e) Murrah, river type from India; (f) Nili-Ravi, river type from Pakistan. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Morp..._338756778 Asian water buffalo: domestication, history and genetics
Abstract and figures The domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is found on all five continents, with a global population of some 202 million. The livelihoods of more people depend on this species than on any other domestic animal. The two distinct types (river and swamp) descended from different wild Asian water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) populations that diverged some 900 kyr BP and then evolved in separate geographical regions. After domestication in the western region of the Indian subcontinent (ca. 6300 years BP), the river buffalo spread west as far as Egypt, the Balkans and Italy. Conversely, after domestication in the China/Indochina border region ca. 3000–7000 years BP, swamp buffaloes dispersed through south‐east Asia and China as far as the Yangtze River valley. Molecular and morphological evidence indicates that swamp buffalo populations have strong geographic genetic differentiation and a lack of gene flow, but strong phenotypic uniformity. In contrast, river buffalo populations show a weaker phylogeographic structure, but higher phenotypic diversity (i.e. many breeds). The recent availability of a high‐quality reference genome and of a medium‐density marker panel for genotyping has triggered a number of genome‐wide investigations on diversity, evolutionary history, production traits and functional elements. The growing molecular knowledge combined with breeding programmes should pave the way to improvements in production, environmental adaptation and disease resistance in water buffalo populations worldwide. https://www.researchgate.net/publication...d_genetics  (01-13-2021, 12:00 AM)Acinonyx sp. Wrote: These are all domestiated ones mate.
An Asiatic Water Buffalo from Kaziranga killed 2 people and injured a further 3 people. It was shot dead when it attacked the forest officials.
https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-forest-guards-gun-down-kaziranga-national-park-wild-buffalo-after-it-kills-2-men-in-biswanath.html Also, NTCA has greenlit a project to reintroduce Asiatic buffaloes to Kanha after a study is conducted. https://www.thehitavada.com/Encyc/2020/1...-Park.html
Wild Water Buffalo population increases in Nepal
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  *This image is copyright of its original author atul_dhamankar - Wild Water BUFFALO KAZIRANGA TIGER RESERVE ASSAM
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