Nili-Ravi

Nili-Ravi
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk:135
  • DAD-IS (2025): not at risk
Other namesNili Ravi
Distribution
  • Bangladesh
  • China
  • India
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Sri Lanka
  • Brazil
  • Venezuela
TypeRiver
Usedairy
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    700 kg:69
  • Female:
    600 kg:69
Height
  • Male:
    135 cm:69
  • Female:
    125 cm:69
Coatblack or brown

The Nili-Ravi is a breed of domestic water buffalo of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India.:69 It is similar to the Murrah breed of buffalo, and is reared mainly for dairy use. The average milk yield is approximately 2000 kg per year; the record yield is 6535 kg in a lactation of 378 days.:69

It is distributed mainly in the Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Faizabad, Lahore, Multan, Okara, Sahiwal and Sheikhupura districts of the Pakistani Punjab and the Amritsar, Firozpur and Gurdaspur districts of the Indian Punjab.