Country
Specie
ISO3
PNG
Language
eng.
Other name
Karambao
Breed classification (geographic)
Local
Specific resistance or tolerance
Resistant to screw worms.
Color comments
multi coloured: grey with white throat markings (90%), white (10%) becoming freckled with age
Number of horns males
0
Number of horns females
0
Horn shape size and comments
Less than one percent polled animals, polled bulls cryptorchid and sterile, polled cows fertile. Horns heavy, black and long (up to 80 cm); curve out and back.
Weight males
550.00
Weight females
425.00
Other specific visible traits
Coat up to 5 cm coarse hair at birth; mature animal hair sparse, ears large and horizontal. Udder small, teats small and perpendicular, tail short and thin.
Domestication status
feral
Taxonomic classification
Species
Description of origin
Swamp buffalo (Bos bubalis bubalis)
Year of origin
1891
Location within country
Mainly found on the Sepik Plains, some found in Morobe Province, Madang Province and East New Britain Province.
Local cryo conservation status
No Information
Local Risk
Unknown
Detailed local risk status
Unknown
