Talk:Carabao
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Is the carabao the same thing was a water buffalo? If so, perhaps this article should be merged into Water buffalo. Coffee 08:11, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
- According also to that article, the Carabao is a subspecie of the Water Buffalo. I think they are not the same thing and deserves a separate article.
- From the Water Buffalo article: The classification of the Water Buffalo is uncertain. Some authorities list a single species, Bubalus arnee with two subspecies, the River (B. arnee bubalis) and Swamp (B. arnee carabanesis) Water Buffaloes; others regard them as closely related but separate species. The Swamp Buffalo is primarily mostly found in the eastern half of Asia and has 48 chromosomes. The River Buffalo is mostly found in western half of Asia, and has 50 chromosomes. Fertile offspring occurs between the two. It does not readily hybridise with cattle which have 60 chromosomes.
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- Maybe they don't have to be merged but consider as a sub or closely related species and worth a separate article. But we could also place a 'See also' link. When I describe the carabao to Japanese here in English, I use the word water buffalo. How many chromosomes do carabaos have?--Jondel 04:55, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
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- If Swamp Buffalo refers to Carabao, it has 48 chromosomes. --Jojit fb 05:06, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
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- Well, they have the same scientific name... The Carabao article says it's "Bubalus bubalis or sometimes bubalus carabanesis". The Water Buffalo article says water buffalo is sometimes divided into the two subspecies Bubalus bubalis and bubalus carabanesis. All the internet sources I've come up with so far ([1], [2], [3]) suggest they're just two terms for the same animal. Coffee 10:24, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
