Syncerus caffer
(Sparrman, 1779)
Cape Buffalo
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Artiodactyla |
Suborder | : Ruminantia |
Infraorder | : Pecora |
Family | : Bovidae |
Subfamily | : Bovinae |
Tribe | : Bovini |
Genus | : Syncerus |
Species status
Authority citation
Sparrman, A. 1779. Bos caffer, et nytt Species af Buffel, från Caput Bonæ Spei. Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 40:79-84.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46775443Original name as described
Bos caffer
Other common names
East African Buffalo · Lake Chad Buffalo · Virunga Buffalo · Mountain Buffalo · Dwarf Forest Buffalo · Red Buffalo · Forest Buffalo
Type locality
Sunday River, Algoa Bay, South Africa.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Senegal · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Niger · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Sudan · Ethiopia · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Angola · Namibia · Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini
Taxonomy notes
includes brachyceros, matthewsi, and nanus, which were considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab
Taxonomy notes citation
Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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