CAPE BUFFALO 



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Sub-Family BOVINE. 



Genus BOS. 



Cattle-like animals of large size and stout build. Both 

 sexes horned. Horns not ringed, but corrugated at the 

 base and directed outwards. Female with four mammae. 

 No antorbital fossae in the skull. Rhinarium wide. 



Bos caffer. Cape Buffalo. Buffel. 



'Nyati (Swazi and Zulu) ; Nadi (Bechuana and Barotse) ; 

 Nari (Basuto). 



Colour a dull black, the skin showing through the sparse 

 black hairs. Ears fairly large and drooping, hairy behind. 



FIG. 135. Young African Buffalo eight months old. 



Hoofs round and broad. False hoofs well developed and 

 pointed. Tail long, reaching to the hocks, and furnished 

 with a fairly large brush at the end. The female is 

 generally of a paler tinge, smaller, and with smaller 

 horns than the male. Young reddish brown, becoming 

 browner and then black at about 3 years old. The 

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