Photo:Paul M RaeCC BY 2.5
Big game
Cape buffalo
Syncerus caffer
- Group
- Big game
- Size class
- Giant (300 kg+)
- Family
- Bovidae
Range
- Africa
Habitat
- Savanna
- Wetland
Range
Countries it is found in
39 countries
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Colombia
- Congo - Brazzaville
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
Range from:ASM Mammal Diversity Database, GBIF occurrence records — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Cape buffalo. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:Rafael WürtembergerCC BY
Cross-reference
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