Syncerus

<i>Syncerus</i>

Syncerus

Genus of mammals

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

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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]

References

  1. [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. [2]
    "Syncerus acoelotus". Fossilworks.
  3. [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. [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.


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