Country
Specie
ISO3
IND
Language
Hindi/Tamil
Description
Registered breed, Accession No. INDIA_BUFFALO_0018_ TODA _01010
Breed classification (adaptedness)
Native
Breed classification (geographic)
Local
Additional information
Muzzle Black Eyelids Black Tail Switch Black Hooves Black
Additional information comments
Toda milk is offered to local deities during praying.
Adaptability to specific environment
Adapted to Toda/Nilgiri hill climatic conditions and hilly terrain
Specific resistance or tolerance
Not specific to any disease
Specific reproductive characteristic
Not known
Special characteristic of product
milk is supposed sacred and pious.
Other special qualities
Not known
Color comments
Coat colour Fawn (44%), Black (12%), Grey (35%), Light Grey (9%) calf is fawn coloured at birth
Number of horns males
2
Number of horns females
2
Horn shape size and comments
Usually set wide apart, outward, slightly downward and upward with the points being recurved inward, forming characteristically a crescent shape or semicircle
Wither height females
121.8
Weight males
380.00
Other specific visible traits
A narrow band of dense hair covering the top line from the crest of neck to the point of origin of tail
Herdbook
n
Description of origin
Toda hills
Import
No
Location within country
Nilgiri district, North-western Tamil Nadu
Local cryo conservation status
Not Sufficient
Local Risk
Not at Risk
Detailed local risk status
Not at Risk
