What is Nili-Ravi?
[[Image:Domestic animals in pakistan.png|thumb|Buffalo under a shade of a Pakistani Nature.]] The '''Pakistani [[Water buffalo|buffalo]],''' '''Indo-Pak Nili-Ravi''' or the '''Punjabi Murrah Buffalo''' is a [[List of water buffalo breeds|breed]] of domestic [[water buffalo]]. It is distributed principally in [[Pakistan]] and [[Northern India]], and is concentrated in the [[Punjab region|Punjab (region)]].{{r|dad2|bianca|page2=69}} They are considered as the ''“National Buffalo of Pakistan”'' respectively. It is similar to the [[Murrah (buffalo)|Murrah]] breed of buffalo, and is reared mainly for [[dairy]] use. The average milk yield is approximately {{nobreak|2000 kg}} per year; the record yield is {{nobreak|6535 kg}} in a [[lactation]] of 378 days.{{r|bianca|page=69}} ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=dad2>[http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport16_50000029 Transboundary breed: Nili-Ravi]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2017.</ref> <ref name=bianca>Bianca Moioli, Antonio Borghese (2005). [http://www.fao.org/3/a-ah847e.pdf Buffalo Breeds and Management Systems]. In Antonio Borghese (editor) (2005). ''Buffalo Production and Research''. REU Technical Series 67. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Pages: 51–76.</ref> }} {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Bovines]] [[Category:Domesticated animals]] [[Category:National symbols of Pakistan]] [[Category:Punjab (Pakistan)]] [[Category:Animals of Pakistan]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia]]