. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. BUFFALO BUFFALO 293 There are other species of buffalo aside from the one that we are now considering and which is the buffalo of history. The best known other species is the African buffalo (Bubalus Gaffer), which is not domesticated in American territory. In Amer- ica the word buffalo is commonly but erroneously applied to the bison (which see). History. There is no doubt that the domestic breeds origi- nated from the wild buffalo of India, but when domestication began, or at what periods these ani- mals first appeared in the c
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. BUFFALO BUFFALO 293 There are other species of buffalo aside from the one that we are now considering and which is the buffalo of history. The best known other species is the African buffalo (Bubalus Gaffer), which is not domesticated in American territory. In Amer- ica the word buffalo is commonly but erroneously applied to the bison (which see). History. There is no doubt that the domestic breeds origi- nated from the wild buffalo of India, but when domestication began, or at what periods these ani- mals first appeared in the countries where they are now common, is doubt- ful or unknown. It is said that they were introduced into Italy in the. Fig. 327. Buffalo cow and calf Philippine islands. sixth century, and into Egypt some time prior to this period. They were in the Philippines when those islands were first visited by the Spaniards ; but further than this, little is known of their origin or history. Distribution. From India, where small herds of wild buffalos are still found in the grassy jungles along the great rivers and in the open moist prairies — the finest occuring in Assam and Burma — the domesticated animal has spread, in comparatively recent times, through southern China, the Straits Settlements, Java, Ceylon, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippine islands. To the westward, it has extended to south- western Asia, Africa, along and far up the Nile, and to the countries of southern Europe. Great numbers are kept on the bottom lands of the Dan- ube, the Theiss, and the Drave in Austria-Hungary, and in Italy, on the plains lying to the north and east of Naples. In this last region, known as "Terra di Lavoro," it is reported that there are 12,000 buffalos, bred mainly for their milk for cheese-making. The cheese is all consumed locally, as it is not adapted for export. Small importations have been made into Algeria and Cape Colony. In one importation into South Africa, it is record
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