Conflicting opinions were published. Some believe that buffaloes already existed in a wild state in Mesopotamia and from there spread to other countries. Marsh buffaloes are raised in the southern provinces. Town buffaloes are raised in towns in the middle part of Iraq. Number of buffaloes in Iraq has decreased in the last few years.
Most buffaloes are in private small stock herds.
There is one research herd. Herd size in private herds ranges from 5 to 20 buffaloes. 115.2 cm 128.0 cm color black or grey with white on forehead, legs,tail horns long, curved to the back 6. In villages people keep buffaloes in human dwellings mainly for safety. In towns, small farmers keep buffaloes in thatched or mud roofed sheds or in mud walled paddocks.