#syncerus

[ljingham]

a practice piece to get acquainted with the new pastels ^^

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), oil pastel on pastel paper.

[cozamal0tl]

Animals with Horns/Antlers (2/?)

The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

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[inatungulates]

Forest buffalo Syncerus nanus nanus

Observed by flint_jack, CC BY-NC

[aticketplz]

アフリカスイギュウ軍団、登場

It's the entrance of the African Buffalo Family.

生後1ヶ月未満の赤ちゃんが小さくて小さくてですね

There was a baby that hadn't even reached one month old yet.

かわいすぎるでしょ！？

They're just too cute, aren't they?

1歳のお兄ちゃんと戦ってました　へたくそでした

It was play-fighting with a one-year-old big brother, who was quite clumsy.

あとからきたお父さんがデカくてデカくてしょうがなかった

この日この動物園に行ったせいで私はアフリカスイギュウが大好きになった

@伊豆アニマルキングダム

And then the father, who arrived later, was so huge, it was unbelievable.

Thanks to visiting this zoo, I've become a huge fan of African buffaloes.

@Izu Animal Kingdom

[terranlifeform]

African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) in the Republic of Congo

Roger Le Guen

[sitting-on-me-bum]

African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

© Bernard DUPONT / Flickr

[asterwild]

cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) with red-billed oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorynchus)

[mutant-distraction]

An 8000-year-old petroglyph at Wadi Mathendous in Libya, depicting the extinct Syncerus antiquus with a cattle egret on one of its horns. The Syncerus antiquus is the largest bovid described from Africa with the largest horn cores reaching sizes of as much as 3 metres from tip to tip

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[antiqueanimals]

Syncerus caffer. Struik Pocket Guides for South Africa: Mammals. Written by John Skinner. Illustrated by Penny Meakin. 1988.

Internet Archive

[travelella]

African Buffalo by the Chobe River, Botswana

Geranimo

Kill rate: 200 human deaths per year

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)

Trophic level: Herbivorous

Mass: 660 – 2,000 lbs (Adult)

Lifespan: 15-25 years

Scientific name: Syncerus caffer

Speed: 37 miles per hour

The African buffalo is a large sub-Saharan African bovine. There are five subspecies that are recognized as being valid. Syncerus caffer caffer, the Cape buffalo, is the nominotypical subspecies, and the largest one, found in Southern Africa and East Africa. 

The African buffalo is one of the most successful grazers in Africa. It lives in savannas, swamps and floodplains, as well as mopane grasslands, and the forests of the major mountains of Africa. This buffalo prefers a habitat with dense cover, such as reeds and thickets, but can also be found in open woodland.

Grass forms the bulk of the buffalo's diet. Without fresh green feed, buffaloes deteriorate rapidly. They devote a large portion of their time to grazing and feeding. After grazing on grass, just like cows, they spend time chewing their cud (or bolus) to extract even more nutrients from their food.

[lost-lycaon]

Cape buffalo - Syncerus caffer.

Buffalo wallow as often as time allows, as mud smothers ticks and other parasites, and deters biting flies. The photo above should suggest how essential this is for their daily routine.

[linusjf]

African proverb: Go fast, go alone

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” —African proverb. African cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

[wikimediauncommons]

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[inatungulates]

Cape buffalo Syncerus caffer

Observed by thijsvalkenburg, CC BY-NC

[aticketplz]

大雨のアニキン、濡れそぼつアフリカスイギュウが見られてよかったです

@伊豆アニマルキングダム

It was raining heavily that day, and I was happy to see a soaking wet African buffalo.

@Izu Animal Kindom

[terranlifeform]

African buffalo (Synccerus caffer) at the Duba Plains in Botswana

Thomas Retterath