Carabao
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![Caraballa and calf in the Philippines](/Images/godic/202501/03/2011_Feb,_Puerto_Princesa_to_Nasiduan,_105540.jpg")
![The hardened hide of a carabao (left) and a cow (right), displayed in the Crisologo Museum, in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines](/Images/godic/202501/03/Skinscompared5540.JPG")
![Carabao cart](/Images/godic/202501/03/Carabao_Cart5540.jpg")
The carabao is a swamp-type domestic water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) found in the Philippines. Water buffaloes were probably introduced to the Philippines by Malay immigrants around 300 to 200 BCE. It is considered the national animal of the Philippines.