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Syncerus is a genus of African bovid that contains the living Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), including the distinct African forest buffalo.

At least one extinct species belongs to this genus; Syncerus acoelotus.^[2]^[3] The extinct giant African buffalo (Syncerus antiquus) is also included in this genus by many authorities.^[4]

References

^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Genus Syncerus". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ "Syncerus acoelotus". Fossilworks.
^ Gentry, A.W.; Gentry, A. (1978). "Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Part 1". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology. 29: 289–446.
^ Klein, Richard G. (November 1994). "The Long-Horned African Buffalo (Pelorovis antiquus) is an Extinct Species". Journal of Archaeological Science. 21 (6): 725–733. doi:10.1006/jasc.1994.1072.

[1] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Genus Syncerus". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[2] "Syncerus acoelotus". Fossilworks.

[3] Gentry, A.W.; Gentry, A. (1978). "Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Part 1". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology. 29: 289–446.

[Klein-4] Klein, Richard G. (November 1994). "The Long-Horned African Buffalo (Pelorovis antiquus) is an Extinct Species". Journal of Archaeological Science. 21 (6): 725–733. doi:10.1006/jasc.1994.1072.

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