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African Forest Buffalo
African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus)
Conservation status
Conservation Dependent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae
Genus:	Syncerus
Species:	S. caffer
Subspecies:	S. caffer nanus
Trinomial name
Syncerus caffer nanus

The African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) is smaller than the Cape Buffalo, with horns that curves out backwards and upwards. Usually weighing between 265 and 565kg, they are reddish brown in color. Its native habitat is the equatorial forest found in central and western Africa, and its diet consists primarily of grasses, twigs, and young shoots. African Forest Buffalo are sought after by hunters for their meat and horns. In the wild, leopards are its primary predator.

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