This time, a lion pride captured a Cape buffalo Syncerus caffer. From Wordnik.com. [Finally: big cat kills uncensored and uncut] Reference
Large numbers of forest buffalo (Sycerus caffer nanus) were once found here, although most have been hunted out. From Wordnik.com. [Western Congolian swamp forests] Reference
A comparison of the bone density and morphology of giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) and buffalo (Syncerus caffer) skeletons. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
The Cryptosepalum forest is used as a safe retreat by elephant (Loxodonta africana) and buffalo (Syncerus caffer) from the Kabompo-Mwinilunga areas. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests] Reference
Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) and West African savanna buffalo (Syncerus caffer brachyceros) are also mostly restricted to protected areas in this ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [West Sudanian savanna] Reference
Other forest dwelling mammals include forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus), and larger forest antelopes such as bongo (Tragelaphus euryceros) and sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei). From Wordnik.com. [Northwestern Congolian lowland forests] Reference
The park contains typical northern Sudanese savanna fauna and the only remaining populations of elephant Loxodonta africana (T), buffalo Syncerus caffer and kob Kobus kob in Niger. From Wordnik.com. ['W' National Park, Niger] Reference
Moreover, the largest remaining population of puku (Kobus vardoni) is found in the Kilombero Valley and more than 20,000 buffalo (Synerus caffer) occur in the Moyowosi delta of northwestern Tanzania. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian flooded grasslands] Reference
In the early 1900s, elephant (Loxodonta africana), black rhinocerus (Diceros bicornis), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and oryx (Oryx gazella) were found in the Nechisar area but all have been eliminated. From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopian montane forests] Reference
On the crater rim are leopard Panthera pardus, elephant Loxodonta africana (EN) numbering 42 in 1987 but only 29 in 1992, mountain reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula and buffalo Syncerus caffer (4,000 in 1994). From Wordnik.com. [Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania] Reference
From these premises we may give three tons and a half to each of the five rhinoceroses; perhaps a ton to the giraffe, and half to the bos caffer as well as to the elan (a large ox weighs from 1200 to 1500 pounds). From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
During the 18th and 19th centuries, many elephant and buffalo (Syncerus caffer) roamed the coastal plains and mountainsides of the southern Cape, taking refuge in the forests from hunting, habitat destruction, and farm expansion. From Wordnik.com. [Knysna-Amatole montane forests] Reference
Aerial photos of Itigi-Sumbu Thicket in Zambia have shown the occurrence of both a uniform and a clumped vegetation structure, and it is possible that the latter is the result of modification by elephant and buffalo (Syncerus caffer). From Wordnik.com. [Itigi-Sumbu thicket] Reference
There are small herds of buffalo Syncerus caffer and blue wildebeeste Connochaetes taurinus, as well as giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis, Burchell's zebra Equus burchelli, warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus, and some bushpig Potamocherus porcus. From Wordnik.com. [Mosi-oa-Tunya Victoria Falls, Zambia] Reference
Other mammals include elephant Loxodonta africana (EN), bongo Tragelaphus euryceros (LR), sitatunga T. spekei (LR), buffalo Syncerus caffer (LR), leopard Panthera pardus, warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus, giant forest hog Hylochoerus meinertzhageni, and pangolin Manis sp. From Wordnik.com. [Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon] Reference
This, together with the harsh dry season and long droughts, limits the density and biomass of large herbivores as well as biasing their composition towards larger bodied species such as elephants (Loxodonta africana) and buffaloes (Syncerus caffer), which can bulk feed on low-quality forage. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan Miombo woodlands] Reference
Flicker (Coleptes caffer collaris) — Feathers of the red-shafted flicker. From Wordnik.com. [Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico :] Reference
Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), eland (Taurotragus oryx), zebra (Equus burchelli), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) all migrate within this ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands] Reference
From these premises we may give three tons and a half to each of the five rhinoceroses; perhaps a ton to the giraffe, and half to the bos caffer as well as to the elan (a large ox weighs 1200 to 1500 pounds). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter V] Reference
Other important larger mammals include mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx VU), black colobus (Colobus satanas), bongo (Tragelaphus euryceros), forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus), and various duikers (Cephalophus spp.). From Wordnik.com. [Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests] Reference
Also present, but more rarely seen ungulates include the following: common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), eland (Taurotragus oryx), and grysbok (Raphicerus sharpei). From Wordnik.com. [Western Zambezian grasslands] Reference
Among the mammals naturally occurring in the escarpment forest are yellow-backed duiker (Cephalophus sylvicultor), black-fronted duiker (C. nigrifrons), blue duiker (C. monticola), tree pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis), and red buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus). From Wordnik.com. [Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands] Reference
The large mammal fauna in this area includes roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), red buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus), elephant (Loxodonta africana), reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) and eland (Taurotragus oryx), which are represented in the Kisama National Park. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands] Reference
These include African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) and Burchell’s zebra (Equus burchelli). From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Miombo woodlands] Reference
The greater kudu’s distribution within Ethiopia is patchier, but significant populations can be found in hilly areas in Nechisar, Omo and Mago N.P.s. Elephants (Loxodonta africana, EN) and buffalo (Syncerus caffer) were previously widespread in the wetter portions of this ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets] Reference
Other ungulates typical of this ecoregion include sable (H. niger), Lichtenstein’s hartebeest (Signoceros lichtensteinii), southern reedbuck (Redunca arundium), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), eland (Taurotragus oryx), and buffalo (Synerus caffer). From Wordnik.com. [Southern Miombo woodlands] Reference
Other animals typical of forest-savanna mosaics include waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), Buffon’s kob (Kobus kob), patas monkey (Cercopithicus patas), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius). From Wordnik.com. [Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic] Reference
Other large mammals found in this ecosystem include the endangered African elephant (Loxodonta africana), the critically endangered black rhino (Diceros bicornis), giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), impala (Aepyceros melampus) and Grant’s gazelle (Gazella granti). From Wordnik.com. [East African halophytics] Reference
Hippopotamus, African elephant, spotted hyena, striped hyena, serval, caffer cat, lion, leopard. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
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