African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
Facts
| Also known as: | forest buffalo, savanna buffalo, cape buffalo |
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| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Artiodactyla |
| Family | Bovidae |
| Genus | Syncerus (1) |
| Size | Savanna buffalo length: 3.4 – 4.4 m (2) Savanna buffalo male weight: 700 kg (2) Savanna buffalo female weight: 550 kg (2) Forest buffalo length: 2.9 m (2) Forest buffalo male weight: 320 kg (2) Forest buffalo female weight: 260 kg (2) |
Status
Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1).
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