Carabao

Carabao is also a small island in Manila Bay in the Philippines.

Carabao is also a rock band from Thailand, see Carabao (band).

A carabao in the Philippines

The carabao (kalabaw in Filipino) is a domesticated type of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis or sometimes B. bubalus carabanesis) found in the Philippines. Carabaos are highly associated with farmers, being the farm animal of choice for pulling the plow and the cart used to haul farm produce to the market.

Carabaos are indigenous to Southeast Asia; as waves of migration into the Philippines occurred, the carabao were captured and domesticated.

The carabao is considered as a national symbol of the Philippines.

Also, the mascot of the Philippine Daily Inquirer is Guyito, a carabao.

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