Asian Water Buffalo

The Asian water buffalo has the largest horns of all the animals on the planet. These domestic bovines, sometimes known as water buffalo, originated in India and Southeast Asia. They are now one of the most common buffalo species, with over 130 million living throughout the world. There are two varieties of buffalo: the river buffalo, which is leaner and taller, and the swamp buffalo, which is stockier.

Depending on their age and subspecies, their skin can range from black to blue to gray. They range in height from 47 to 63 inches and weigh between 660 and 2,400 pounds. The horns of Asian water buffalos grow outward and bend into a semicircle. Many of them are up to 10 feet long from point to point and 60 inches wide. However, a bull shot in 1955 holds the Guinness record for longest horns, with horns measuring 13 feet, 10 inches from tip to tip.

Length: max 13 feet