Water Buffalo

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Across
  1. 3. Groups of 300-500 water buffalo coalescing at a resting area
  2. 7. The scientific name of domesticated water buffalo
  3. 9. Another term for ‘rump’ (most frequently used referencing bovine and horses)
  4. 11. Term for a young water buffalo
  5. 13. The family of cloven-hooved, ruminant mammals that include buffalo, cattle, bison, and antelopes
  6. 14. “The living tractors of the East”
  7. 15. One of the two typical breeding months of water buffalo
  8. 19. Cynodon dactylon, also known as crabgrass, a favorite food of water buffalo found worldwide
  9. 20. 25 years average
  10. 21. One of the two typical breeding months of water buffalo
  11. 24. Country where Chitwan National Park is, where 15 wild water buffalo were introduced in 2017 for species conservation
  12. 26. The ridge between the shoulder blades of an animal (most frequently used referencing horses, bovine, and other large quadrupeds)
  13. 28. Water buffalos’ pattern of eating
Down
  1. 1. Dangers to water buffalo that include floodplain habitat loss, hunting, and hybridization (interbreeding with other, genetically different water buffalo species)
  2. 2. Mammals with a four-chambered stomach
  3. 4. The small flap/fold of skin under the neck that characterizes bovine
  4. 5. An anatomical structure carried by both male and female water buffalo that can grow up to 6 feet 7 inches
  5. 6. IUCN Red List classification of water buffalo, with less than 4,000 wild individuals left
  6. 8. One of the most common predators of water buffalo
  7. 10. The scientific name of wild water buffalo
  8. 11. Carex pseudocyperus, also known as hop sedge, a species of flowering plant in the sedge family and a favorite food of water buffalo that grows in marshes
  9. 12. Characteristic of the hooves of water buffalo, where their toes point outward, an adaptation to improve balance and weight distribution on soft, wet ground
  10. 16. One of the most common predators of water buffalo
  11. 17. Term for animals active during the day with a period of inactivity or rest at night
  12. 18. Comfort behavior displayed in many different species in which they roll around in, lay, or rest in mud, dust or water. In water buffalo, this behavior functions as thermoregulation, skin relief (from insects and elements), and camouflage
  13. 22. A group of up to 30 adult female water buffalo and their young led by an older cow
  14. 23. Genus of “bovids with large heads”
  15. 25. One of the most common predators of water buffalo
  16. 27. Water buffaloes preferred location range made up of marshes, wetlands, grasslands