---
title: "Wild Water Buffalo"
description: "Bubalus arnee — Mammiferi. The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), also called Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo and wild buffalo, is a large bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/wild-water-buffalo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wild Water Buffalo

> Bubalus arnee — Mammiferi. The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), also called Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo and wild buffalo, is a large bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Bubalus arnee*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 1178
- Wikidata: [Q1914208](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1914208)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74125](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74125)

## Names

- en: Wild Water Buffalo
- de: Wasserbüffel
- es: Búfalo Arni
- fr: Buffle d'eau
- pl: Arni azjatycki

## Countries with the most observations

LK (525), IN (441), NP (18), BT (8)

## Summary

The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), also called Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo and wild buffalo, is a large bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It was first described in 1792.
The wild water buffalo is the most likely ancestor of the domestic water buffalo. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1986, as the global population totals less than 4,000 mature individuals.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_water_buffalo

## Photo

![Wild Water Buffalo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wild-water-buffalo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Logan Stecker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293041821

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wild-water-buffalo?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).