Toda
A semi-wild buffalo of the Nilgiris, reared exclusively by the Toda tribe, for whom the animal holds deep ritual and religious importance.
Toda
Physical Characteristics
- Thick, long hair covering the body — an adaptation to hill cold
- Colour: fawn to ash grey, darker on the head and neck
- Massive, wide-set horns curving inward in a crescent
- Semi-wild temperament; herds move freely on the plateau
Benefits for Farmers
Uniquely adapted to cold, high-altitude hill grazing
Very rich milk used for traditional Toda dairy rituals
Survives year round on natural grassland without housing
Culturally irreplaceable heritage breed under conservation
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Breed Profile
- Species
- Buffalo
- Utility
- Milk
- Home Tract
- Nilgiri Hills — Udhagamandalam (Ooty) plateau
- Found In
- Tamil Nadu
- Yield
- 500 kg per lactation; 8% fat
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