African Buffalo 🦬
Species Profile
Syncerus caffer
NT Near Threatened
African Buffalo
The African buffalo or Cape buffalo ( Syncerus caffer ) is a large African bovine. It is not closely related to the slightly larger wild water buffalo of Asia and its ancestry remains unclear. Syncerus caffer caffer , the Cape buffalo, is the typical subspecies, and the largest one, found in South and East Africa. S. c. nanus (African forest buffalo) is the smallest subspecies, common in forest areas of Central and West Africa, while S. c. brachyceros is...
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