Swamp-type water buffalo entered Island Southeast Asia from at least 2,500 years ago through the northern Philippines, where butchered remains of domesticated water buffalo have been recovered from the Neolithic Nagsabaran site (part of the Lal-lo and Gattaran Shell Middens, to 400 CE). These became the ancestors of the distinctly swamp-type carabao buffalo breed of the Philippines which, in turn, spread to Guam, Indonesia, and Malaysia, among other smaller islands.
swamp-type water buffalo entered island southeast asia from at least 2500 years ago through the northern philippines where butchered remains of domesticated water buffalo have been recovered from the neolithic nagsabaran site (part of the lal-lo and gattaran shell middens to 400 ce) these became the ancestors of the distinctly swamp-type carabao buffalo breed of the philippines which in turn spread to guam indonesia and malaysia among other smaller islands