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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. [2] [3] The extinct giant African buffalo (Syncerus antiquus) is also included in this genus by many authorities. [4]
The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large sub-Saharan African bovine. [2] There are five subspecies that are recognized as valid by most authorities: Syncerus caffer caffer , the Cape buffalo , is the nominotypical subspecies , as well as the largest, found in Southern and East Africa .
The African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus), also known as the dwarf buffalo or the Congo buffalo, is the smallest subspecies of the African buffalo. [1] It is related to the Cape buffalo ( Syncerus caffer caffer ), the Sudan buffalo ( Syncerus caffer brachyceros ), and the Nile buffalo ( Syncerus caffer aequinoctialis ).
Articles relating to the Syncerus, a genus of African bovid that contains the living Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), including the distinct African forest buffalo. Pages in category "Syncerus" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Bovines (subfamily Bovinae) comprise a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large-sized ungulates, including cattle, bison, African buffalo, water buffalos, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes.
Skull of Syncerus antiquus. Syncerus antiquus holds the distinction of being the largest bovid described from Africa. [3] According to Auguste Pomel, who was able to examine numerous fossils in Algeria, S. antiquus may have reached 3 metres (9.8 ft) in length from muzzle to the end of the tail, 1.85 metres (6.1 ft) in height at the withers, and 1.7 metres (5.6 ft) in height at the hindquarters.
There are currently two recognized extant genera of bubalinans – the African Syncerus and the Asiatic Bubalus. [1] [5] [9] [2] Whilst the majority of molecular and morphological work strongly supports the recognition of these two genera as being sister taxa, [5] [10] since 2011 new uncertainty over the number of species that should be recognized has been introduced.
Bubalus is a genus of Asiatic bovines that was proposed by Charles Hamilton Smith in 1827. Bubalus and Syncerus form the subtribe Bubalina, the true buffaloes.. The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and classification of domestic animals as species, subspecies, races or breeds has been discussed controversially for many years and was inconsistent between authors. [1]