Choose the correct statementss) :Statement I :Wild water buffalo is majorly found in North-Eastern and Central India.Statement II :The Indian landscape is home to more than 85% of the Wild water buffalo population.Choose the correct option:

🔑 Key Points
→ Wild water buffalo is majorly found in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, and Arunachal Pradesh. Hence statement 1 is correct.
→ The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), also known as Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo, and wild Asian buffalo, is a large bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
→ It has been cataloged as Endangered in the IUCN Red List since 1986, as the residuary population totals less than 4,000.
→ A population downfall of at least 50% over the last three generations (24–30 years) is projected to continue.
→ The planetary population has been estimated at 3,400 individuals, of which 3,100 (91%) live in India, mostly in Assam. Hence statement 2 is correct.

📝 Additional Information
→ In India, it is comprehensively bounded in and around Kaziranga, Manas and Dibru-Saikhowa National Parks, Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary, and Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary, and in a few outspread pockets in Assam; and in and around D'Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh.