Shih I-chang, the head of the Hualien Animal Breeding and Propagation Station, describes us this way: "Water buffalos are black or dark brown in color, with a crescent of white under the throat and the neck, a little like that of the Taiwan black bear, and have a pair of large, parallel, sweptback horns, which are really very elegant."
和我們很接近的花蓮種畜繁殖場場長施義章這麼形容：「水牛的毛色為黑或黑褐，最特別的是咽喉下及頸下各有一道月牙型白線，和台灣黑熊有點相似，配上那一雙大而平行後彎的角，非常優雅。」