The Asian wild buffalo is a large wild bovine associated with water. Nepal's Red List says it favors low-lying alluvial grassland and riparian forest, feeding mainly on grasses.
It has a large, robust black body. Both sexes have broad, sweeping horns, and the lower legs are white like stockings.
It favors low-lying alluvial grassland and riparian forest or woodland where water is available. Grasses are its main food; herbs, fruit, and bark are also reported.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.