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Close-up of a Cape buffalo, also called African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), facing forward with large curved horns and dark fur. A formidable bovid Cape buffalo Cape buffalo Cape buffalo Cape, or African, buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) on its back. red-billed oxpecker
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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Communications Biology - Continent-wide genomic analysis of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Aug 04, 2026
Article revised and updated. Aug 12, 2025
Added information about threats and conservation. Replaced media throughout. Aug 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Cambridge University Press - Habitat, Space Use and Feeding Ecology of the African Buffalo. Feb 18, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Ecology and Evolution - Genetic structure of fragmented southern populations of African Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer). Dec 27, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Pathological findings in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) in South Africa. Nov 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Sabinet African Journals - Research review : The status and distribution of Cape buffalo Syncerus caffer caffer in Southern Africa. Oct 02, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - Genetic structure of fragmented southern populations of African Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer). Aug 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - African buffalo Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779). Jun 14, 2024
Add new Web site: African Wildlife Foundation - African Buffalo. Apr 29, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Pathological findings in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) in South Africa. Jan 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Animal Corner - African Buffalo. Nov 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Syncerus caffer. Nov 22, 2013
Add new Web site: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Syncerus caffer. Nov 22, 2013
Add new Web site: Wildscreen Arkive - African buffalo. Nov 22, 2013
Add new Web site: South Africa Explored - Syncerus caffer. Nov 22, 2013
Article revised and updated. Jan 28, 2009
Added new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - African buffalo. May 31, 2006
Article revised. Feb 24, 2005
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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