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Fast Facts:

The Forest Buffalo is the smallest of the African Buffalo.
Front hooves are larger than the back hooves since they have to carry the extra weight of the head and chest.

Forest Buffalo

Scientific Name:	Syncerus caffer nanus
Classification:	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae
Status:	Not listed.
Range:	Africa
Habitat:	Lowland tropical forests
Diet:	Grass and low level leaves
Size:	Height: 65 inches Length: 7 feet Weight: 1,650-1,750 pounds
Lifespan:	29 years
Location:
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Special Features:

Can run 57 km/hr.
These buffalo are considered the most dangerous of all big game animals.
Long tongues and strong lips help them to graze on grass that is too coarse for other animals.

Social Structure & Behavior:

Live in herds of 8-20. Younger males live in bachelor herds while the older males are solitary. Both diurnal and nocturnal. Mud wallowing has some social significance. . Gregarious and nonterritorial.

Reproduction:
Sexual maturity at 4 years. Gestation 340 days resulting in a single birth. Calf is weaned at 4-6 months.