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Some facts about the
African buffalo
Adult weight : 700 kg (1540 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 30 years
Female maturity :1475 days
Male maturity : 1674 days
Gestation : 331 days
Weaning : 289 days
Litter size : 1
Interval between litters : 635 days
Weight at birth : 44 kg (96.8 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 166 kg (365.2 lbs)
African buffalo
Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Bovinae
Species : Syncerus caffer
The African buffalo is listed as Conservation Dependent (LR/cd), the focus of a continuing taxon-specific or habitat-specific conservation programme targeted towards the taxon in question, the cessation of which would result in the taxon qualifying for one of the threatened categories below within a period of five years, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the African buffalo
A young / baby of a African buffalo is called a 'calf'. The females are called 'cow' and males 'bull'. A African buffalo group is called a 'herd'.Countries
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and ZimbabweHabitats
Desert, Dry savanna, Forest, Grassland, Hot Desert, Savanna, Subtropical / Tropical Dry forest and Subtropical / Tropical Dry Grassland
Facts about the African buffalo
</table> The African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a bovid from the family of the Bovidae.
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Habitat of The African Buffalos: The African Buffalos are not found in any areas with an annual rainfall of less than 250mm.
The African buffalo is about the size of a wild ox, growing to a weight of about a ton.
The social structure of the African buffalo is rather typical of most other wild cattle species.
The African buffalo is not closely related to the Asian water buffalo, but its ancestry remains unclear. (Full text)
The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a bovid from the family of the Bovidae. (Full text)
17) Other resources Many cell lines of African buffalos are available from CRES at the San Diego Zoo by contacting Dr. (Full text)
African buffalos are herbivorous and spend 8-10 hours a day grazing up to 17 kg of grasses a day. (Full text)
The African Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer is actually only a distant relative. (Full text)
The African buffalo is found throughout Kenya, from savannah to mountain forest, usually close to bodies of water. (Full text)
In spite of all, the African buffalo is actually a placid animal, save when it is injured or at bay. (Full text)
African buffalos are enormously large animals who have a completely black colouring. (Full text)
Updated 39 days 21 hours Other descriptions of African Buffalo African Buffalo Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Bovinae Genus: Syncerus Species: caffer Binomial name Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779) The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a bovid from the family of the Bovidae. (Full text)
style="background: pink;" | Binomial name |- style="text-align:center;" |Syncerus caffer([[Anders Sparrman, 1779) |} The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a bovid from the family of the Bovidae. (Full text)
Habitat of The African Buffalo: The African Buffalo is not found in any areas with an annual rainfall of less than 250mm. (Full text)
The African buffalo is the only extant member of the genus Syncerus. (Full text)
Closely related to the domestic cow, the African buffalo is one of the most successful and perhaps ecologically important mammals on the African continent. (Full text)