Abstract
Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is one of the large ruminants that havesignificant contribution in the development of national livestock. Buffalohas its own advantages to be developed because it can survive withlow-quality feed, tolerant of tropical parasites and their presence has beenintegrated with the life of farmers in the countryside. In Dompu Regency, the buffalo populationmostly concentrated in the Doro Ncanga savanna in the Tambora area. InIn this field, buffaloes are generally kept extensively and their presence is much moreearlier than cattle.The purpose of this study was to determine the eating behavior and wallowing behaviorin the Doro Ncanga savanna, Dompu Regency, NTB. The research results are shownin Figure 4.2, namely eating activities and kissing, grabbing, chewing,and swallow food. Wallowing activity at two locations at Hodo and Mada Oi . springsRao is shown in (Figures 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5). In the morning starting at 07:30 -08:35 WITA a herd of buffalo departs hand in hand to the puddle and in the afternoonaround 17:00 - 18:30 pm climb back up to the slopes of the mountains or hills inMount Tambora area. Doro Ncanga's buffalo wallow time at both locationsit is different. The herd of mud buffalo heading towards Mada Oi Rao (Figure 4.6) beginswallowing at 09:30 to 15:00 local time, while in the Mada Oi Hodo puddle (Picture 4.7)start to wallow at 09:00 - 15:30 pm, and there is no time difference between the twothe puddle. In the afternoon at the two puddles (Hodo and Mada Oi Rao) respectivelybuffalo will go up to the hill at 17:00 - 18:30 pm to rest andgraze on (Figure 4.8). In the evening until the morning from 18:00 to06:00 in the morning the buffalo resting or chewing is shown (Figure 4.9).