Biology:Syncerus
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Short description: Genus of mammals
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| Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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)
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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]
References
- ↑ 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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200706.
- ↑ "Syncerus acoelotus". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=374463.
- ↑ 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" (in en). Journal of Archaeological Science 21 (6): 725–733. doi:10.1006/jasc.1994.1072.
Wikidata ☰ Q10822466 entry
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