Cape Water Buffalo

The african water buffalo syncerus caffer also known as the cape buffalo thrives on virtually all types of grassland habitat in sub saharan africa.

Cape water buffalo. Cape buffalo encompass a large range of habitats including semi arid bushlands and montane grasslands to coastal savannas and lowland rainforests. They are dark gray or black animals that look a lot like bulls. They are found in savannah and woodland mosaics preferring areas with access to water grass and dense cover for example thickets reeds or forest. There are two types of buffalo.

A good point of distinction occurs around the differing geographical distribution of the cape buffalo and water buffalo. Buffalo are often confused with bison. It is vital to remember that cape buffalo need to stay near water including rivers lakes swamps and floodplains. The african or cape buffalo are not related to the slightly larger wild water buffalo of asia the cape buffalo is the largest of the sub specie found in south and east africa.

Syncerus caffer caffer the cape buffalo is the typical subspecies and the largest one found in southern and east africa. As its name suggests the african buffalo is distributed throughout the african continent whereas the water buffalo is native to asian countries.