Bovidae, Subfamily: Bovinae
Artiodactyla
Mammalia
300 days.
1
ESB
Grass, twigs and young shoots.
18-20 years in the wild, up to 28 in captivity.
Due to its elusive behavior and habitat, there is very little information about it. It is smaller than the capri buffalo, it is reddish brown and has shorter horns, which grow horizontally on the head and up and behind, in a very peculiar way.
They have long linear ears with a long tuft of hair at the end. It weighs around 300 kg. It lives in groups of 5 to 20 individuals.
After 10 months of gestation, they give birth to a calf that follows the mother a few minutes later. They are very protective of their young. Hybridization occasionally occurs between savanna and forest buffaloes.
It is hunted for its meat and horns. The leopard is its main predator. Although they are very different, both phenotypically and in their habitat, they are frequently named as a subspecies of the kaffir buffalo.
