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Bubalus arnee Forage under Threat: An Assessment of Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Shrestha, Tej Kumar Shrestha, Sunita Koirala, Saroj Parajuli, Anish Paudyal, Pawan Mishra, Bijaya Sapkota, Milan Ghimire, Lok Nath |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) called Arna and Jungali Bhainshi in Nepal is a large bovine native to Southeast Asia (Dahmer, 1978) is scheduled as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1986 and listed under Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) in Nepal (Hedges et al., 2008). Bubalus arnee is larger and heavier than domestic buffalo weighing from 800 to 1200 kg, with their head to body length of 240 to 300 cm, tail 60 to 100 cm long and a shoulder height of 150 to 190 cm. The upper elevation limit for the occurrence of Bubalus arnee is difficult to determine, although animals certainly occur down at low lands and feral buffaloes live up to at least 1000 mean sea level in East Java (Dahmer, 1978). Once Bubalus arnee were found throughout the lowland of South Asia, however at present they are found in small range. In Nepal they were recorded in Chitwan valley until 1960, but they were extirpated from that area presumably because of diseases carried by domestic cattle and buffalo (Seidensticker, 1975). |
| Starting Page | 22 |
| Ending Page | 27 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.20431/2454-941x.0403004 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsz/v4-i3/4.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.20431/2454-941x.0403004 |
| Volume Number | 4 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
