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Syncerus caffer

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Syncerus caffer
a wild black ruminant, up to 6 ft high, with horns that drop down beside the head then wave out and up. There are a number of subspecies; the most common is the Cape buffalo of southeastern Africa. Called also South African buffalo.


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Relevant to our discussion of buffalo imagery in Tussian arts is the grass or Sudan buffalo, Syncerus caffer brachyceros, sometimes also referred to as the "black buffalo" (Convers 1998:80).
 
 
 
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