Jafarabadi buffalo

[3] It is one of the important buffalo breeds of India and Pakistan.

[6] The Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre states that the Jafarabadi buffalo is a hybrid of the African Cape buffalo and the Indian water buffalo, the former originally been brought to British India for slaughtering.

[7] The Centre notes this to be one of the major reasons for the buffalo's poor semen quality.

[7] Jafarabadi buffaloes have heavy heads with fairly large, thick, flat horns, which drop on the sides of the neck and go on upwards till the ears.

[8] This is one of the Water buffalo breeds that falls prey to Asiatic lions in the Gir Forest National Park.