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Concept information

Preferred term

buffaloes

Type

  • Organism

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • Asian buffalo
  • carabao
  • river buffalo
  • swamp buffalo
  • water buffalo

Scope note

  • Use for the domesticated Asian water buffalo; for American bison USE bison; for wild African buffalo USE Syncerus caffer.

In other languages

  • Spanish

  • búfalo acuático
  • búfalo asiático
  • búfalo de agua
  • búfalo de pantano
  • búfalo de río
  • carabao

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/12933

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