Bear Know

Scientific classification: Kingdom: Animal, Phylum: Chordate, Class: Mammalia, Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Bovidae, Upafamili: Bovinae, Genus: Bubalus, Species: Bubalus quarlesi, Bubalus depressicornis. Binomial Name: Bubalus quarlesi. Bubalus depressicornis. You can find these animals in the area of Sulawesi – Indonesia.

There are two types of buffalo which is in the know, dwarf lowland and dwarf mountain. They both have a brown body / black. This animal has a body length of 160-170 cm, shoulder height of about one meter and conical horns. Anoa active in the morning, and rest at midday. Anoa often take shelter under large trees, or wallowing in mud and pond. If we look more closely, these animals like Buffalo, but shorter and smaller in size, about the size of a goat. color similar to buffalo, horns and pointed straight to the rear and slightly flattened.
For characteristic Anoa lowlands have the white spots and yellow along the front legs and longer tails. While Anoa mountain has brown legs and tail shorter. Lowland Anoa body size (Bubalus depressicornis) greater dwarf mountain (Bubalus quarlesi). The body length of about 150 cm with a height of about 85 cm. Plains buffalo horn length of 40 cm. While the body weight of dwarf lowland reaches 300 kg.

Dwarf animals can reach up to 30 years of age. Anoa will enter reproductive age at the age of 2-3 years. Dwarf animals reproduce by way of delivery. Pregnancy reaches 90-10 months of age. Infants of buffalo will be in custody by the parent.
These animals are grazing animals, fruit, leaves, palm trees, bulbs and others. These animals often prefer to avoid humans. Dwarf liked the areas that have standing water, as well as some areas having mineral water.

Poaching is a factor influencing the survival of buffalo, in addition, the narrowness of the forest area caused the animal’s population decreased. Since 1986, dwarf animals are categorized in animals with endangered conservation status.