LIONS VERSUS BUFFALO?
Masai Mara, Kenya
Featured in Big Cat Diary - series 2 from 1998
African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
Fab fact
RELATED INFORMATION
Common name
Species name
Syncerus caffer
ARKive fact
Within just a few hours of birth, African buffalo calves are capable of keeping up with the rest of the herd.
Conservation status
Least Concern
Distribution
Occurs in sub-Saharan Africa, but today few populations exist outside the confines of national parks and large conservation areas.
Habitat
The savanna buffalo inhabits open woodland savanna, with abundant grass and drinking water, and areas of montane rainforest. The forest buffalo occupies more closed habitats, in lowland and highland forests.
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