African buffalo  (Syncerus caffer)

Range

The African buffalo occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It used to roam across all but the driest parts (2), but today few populations exist outside the confines of national parks and large conservation areas (5).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The savanna buffalo inhabits open woodland savanna, with abundant grass and drinking water, and areas of montane rainforest (3). The forest buffalo occupies more closed habitats, in lowland and highland forests (3).

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