Water buffalo

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"Arnee" redirects here. For the band, see Arnee and the Terminaters. For the similar name, see Arnie.

This article is about the wild species. For the domestic livestock, see water buffalo.

Wild water buffalo
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae
Genus:	Bubalus
Species:	B. arnee
Binomial name
Bubalus arnee (Kerr, 1792)
Subspecies
B. a. arnee (much of India and Nepal) B. a. fulvus (Assam and neighbouring areas) B. a. theerapati (southeast Asia)
Asiatic water buffalo range

The wild water buffalo, Bubalus arnee, also called Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo and arni or arnee, is a large bovine native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List since 1986, as the remaining population totals less than 4,000. A population decline of at least 50% over the last three generations (24–30 years) is projected to continue.^[1] The global population has been estimated at 3,400 individuals, of which 3,100 (91%) live in India, mostly in Assam.^[2] The wild water buffalo is the probable ancestor of the domestic water buffalo.^[3]