THE AFRICAN BUFFALO 



{Bos cajjer) 



Qu'araho of Hottentots ; Inyati of Zulus, Matabele and Swazis ; 

 Nari of Basutos and Bechuanas ; Nadi of Barotse and Ngami ; 

 Mboa and Nyati of Chilala and Chibisa ; Mbogo and Nyati 

 of Swahili ; Beva of Hausa ; Gadars of Galla ; Gamus of 

 Sudani. 



The African Buffalo, or Buffcl of the Dutch colon- 

 ists, formerly inhabited all the woocied and well- 

 watered districts of Africa, from Somaliland in the 

 north to the Cape in the south. 



At the present time Buffaloes are preserved in 

 the forest regions of the eastern portions of the 

 Cape Province, and the game reserves of Zululand 

 and the Transvaal. A few still exist in the vicinity 

 of the Sabi River and in Bechuanaland and Rhodesia. 

 From our northern limit they extend northwards 

 through the forest regions to Somaliland. 



There are a number of local races or sub-species 

 of Buffaloes. The typical species {Bos caffcr typicus) 

 occurs in the Eastern Province of the Cape and 

 Zululand. They are plentiful in the Ad do bush. 



The cattle plague known as the Rinderpest 

 which swept west and south, killed the Buffaloes 

 in great numbers, destroying entire herds, or leaving 

 but two or three per cent, to perpetuate their 



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