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Head-body 2.4-2.8 m; tail 60-85 cm; shoulder height 1.6-1.9 m; weight 1,200 kg. (male), 800 kg (female).
Similar to its domestic counterpart, but more stout and with longer and slender horns, this dark herbivore has no dewlap or hump. A white chevron present on chest and dirty white stockings down from knees and hocks. Horns, triangular in cross section, heavy and backswept. This animal has flexible fetlock joints make it nimble in the mud.