Bos caffer Sparman 1779 (African buffalo)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Belongs to Bos according to Sparman 1779

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Hassanin and Douzery 1999 and Peters 1990

Sister taxa: Bos acutifrons, Bos bubaloides, Bos chinensis, Bos frontalis, Bos gaurus, Bos grunniens, Bos indicus, Bos javanicus, Bos makapaani, Bos namadicus, Bos palaethiopicus, Bos planifrons, Bos platyrhinus, Bos primigenius, Bos sauveli, Bos taurus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bos caffer in the database

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