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Buffalo

A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers.

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Anoa 76% connected

A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.

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Water buffalo 76% connected

The European buffalo.

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