Syncerus
| Syncerus Temporal range: Late Pliocene–Recent
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| Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Subtribe: | Bubalina |
| Genus: | Syncerus Hodgson, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779)
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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.[1][2] The extinct giant African buffalo (Syncerus antiquus) is also included in this genus by many authorities.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Syncerus acoelotus". Fossilworks.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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