Syncerus

Syncerus
Temporal range: 3–0 Ma
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Late Pliocene–Recent
Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Subtribe: Bubalina
Genus: Syncerus
Hodgson, 1847
Type species
Bos brachyceros[1]
J.E. Gray, 1837 (= Bos caffer Sparrman, 1779)
Species

Syncerus is a genus of African bovid that contains the living Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), including the distinct African forest buffalo.

At least one extinct species belongs to this genus; Syncerus acoelotus.[2][3] The extinct giant African buffalo (Syncerus antiquus) is also included in this genus by many authorities.[4]

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Genus Syncerus". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ "Syncerus acoelotus". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  3. ^ Gentry, A.W.; Gentry, A. (1978). "Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Part 1". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology. 29: 289–446.
  4. ^ Klein, Richard G. (November 1994). "The Long-Horned African Buffalo (Pelorovis antiquus) is an Extinct Species". Journal of Archaeological Science. 21 (6): 725–733. doi:10.1006/jasc.1994.1072.