Carabao

Carabao  is  particular here in Philippines yet its number is getting fewer  due to sudden illnesses and others

.The most number of carabaos can be found in Leyte,Isabela,Maguindanao,Cagayan, Negros Occidental,Iloilo,North Cotabato, Quezon, Pangasinan and Sultan Kudarat. Carabao is very significant among farmers for it is helpful in terms of agriculture.Adults carabao usually weigh seven to eight hundred kilograms which is almost 200 pounds .They have fairly and long gray or black hair thinly covering their huge bodies ,have tuft of hair on their forehead ,and at the tip of their tail .Carabao are silent and docile,however they will actually give a trembling snort if they are surprised.They usually eat grass and other vegetation .They eat during mornings and evenings .Carabao also is a good source of milk and its flesh is used as a delicacies

                                                             Scientific Classification

                                                               Kingdom:Animlia

                                                               Phylum:Chordata

                                                               Class:Mammalia 

                                                               Order:  Artiodactayla

                                                                Family:Bovidae

                                                                Subfamily:Bovinae

                                                                Species:B. bubalis  

                                                                Subspecies:B.b.carabanesis

                                                                Trinomial name

                                                                 Bubalus bubalis carabanesis