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[[File:Waterbuffalo.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A water buffalo at Ryûkyûmura]]
*''Japanese'': 水牛 ''(suigyû)''
Water buffalo were introduced to [[Ishigaki Island]] from [[Taiwan]] in 1933, and have since been spread to elsewhere in [[Okinawa prefecture]]. They were used traditionally for pulling carts, and operating [[sugar]] grinders (''sataaguruma'').
The water buffalo of Okinawa are related to those of South and Southeast Asia, and generally grow to about 2.5 meters long and 700 kg in weight.<ref>Explanatory plaques, Ryukyumura.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15642025145/in/dateposted-public/]</ref>
Water buffalo horn was also a prominent imported luxury good in the premodern and early modern eras.
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==References==
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[[Category:Flora and Fauna]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
*''Japanese'': 水牛 ''(suigyû)''
Water buffalo were introduced to [[Ishigaki Island]] from [[Taiwan]] in 1933, and have since been spread to elsewhere in [[Okinawa prefecture]]. They were used traditionally for pulling carts, and operating [[sugar]] grinders (''sataaguruma'').
The water buffalo of Okinawa are related to those of South and Southeast Asia, and generally grow to about 2.5 meters long and 700 kg in weight.<ref>Explanatory plaques, Ryukyumura.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15642025145/in/dateposted-public/]</ref>
Water buffalo horn was also a prominent imported luxury good in the premodern and early modern eras.
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==References==
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[[Category:Flora and Fauna]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]