African Buffalo Basic Facts

The African Buffalo, sometimes known as the cape buffalo, is a mammal that lives in eastern and southern Africa. It's scientific name is Syncerus Caffer. The African Buffalo kills over 200 people every year. Their shoulder height is 1.0- 1.7 m (3.3- 5.6 ft). It's body and head length is 1.7- 3.4 m (5.6- 11.2 ft) and it weighs about 500- 1,000 kg (1,100- 2,200 lb). The male's fur colour is black or dark brown and the female's is dark red. African Buffalo's eat mostly grass, but if there is no grass, they eat shrubs. Most African Buffalo's live in: swamps, floodplains, or mopane grasslands.