Morfometric Portrait of Swamp Buffalo in Bombana

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The aim of this study was to find a portrait of body weight and body size of swamp buffalo inmainland and islands of Bombana region. The parameters observed were: body weight, shoulderand hip height, body length, chest circumference and width of hips. Based on the results of the studyconcluded: (1) the average body weight of buffalo in the islands was 416.9±117 kg, significantlyhigher (P0.05) compared with the mainland area which averaged only 377.3±100 kg, as well as theaverage hips width of swamp buffalo in island area was significantly higher (P0.05) than in themainland, (2) portrait of body measurement of swamp buffalo generally not significantly different(P 0.05) between the mainland and island regions, except the size of the hips width in the island wassignificantly higher (P0.05) than the mainland, (3) the main component identifier of the totaldiversity of buffalo body measurements in mainland area was body length (69.30%), while the islandareas was chest circumference (73.50%).Key Words: Buffalo, Body Weight, Body Measurement, Principal Component Analysis