{"id":116776,"date":"2026-08-03T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=116776"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:30:49","slug":"asiatic-wild-buffalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/asiatic-wild-buffalo\/","title":{"rendered":"Asiatic Wild Buffalo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Asiatic Wild Buffalo Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chhattisgarh Forest Department is planning to translocate wild buffaloes from Assam and keep them in enclosures at the Pamed Wildlife Sanctuary, the Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve and the Indravati Tiger Reserve (ITR).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Asiatic Wild Buffalo<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the largest <\/span><b>wild bovine in the world<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Other Names: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asiatic buffalo, Wild water buffalo, Asian buffalo, Wild Asian buffalo<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes swamps, flooded grasslands, other wetlands, alluvial plains, and densely vegetated river valleys.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is found in <\/span><b>Southern Nepal, eastern and central India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, southern Bhutan and western Thailand.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is home to more than 90% of the global wild water buffalo population (3,500-3,700 individuals), with <\/span><b>most found in Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (3,000-3,500) and smaller populations in <\/span><b>Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra\u2019s Kolamarka forests.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are <\/span><b>diurnal and nocturnal animals.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Reproduction: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Male buffaloes reach reproductive maturity at the age of 1.5 years while females do at the age of 3 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These <\/span><b>are herbivorous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (folivorous, graminivorous) animals and regular diet includes aquatic plants, crops, grasses, herbs, leaves, and bark of trees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Threats:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Parasites and diseases, hunting, loss of habitat, interbreeding of wild buffaloes with domestic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Conservation Status<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IUCN Red List:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Endangered<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wildlife-protection-act\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wildlife Protection Act, 1972<\/a>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schedule I<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/chhattisgarh-wild-buffalo-translocation-assam-conservation-plan-endangered-species-10814706\/lite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asiatic Wild Buffalo  is the largest wild bovine in the world. 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