African forest buffalo
Congo buffalo
syncerus caffer nanus latin

African forest buffalo arrange themselves into herds, which help in defense against predators; however, they are not immune to assault.

The African forest buffalo is a smaller variety of African buffalo.

African forest buffalo have relatively small herds compared to the well-studied Cape buffalo.

African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) is the smallest subspecies of the African buffalo.

African forest buffalo tend to use resting places based on sand during the wet season; however, they like to use dirt and leaves during the dry season.

Animals such as Allen's swamp monkeys, lesser spot-nosed guenons, spotted-necked otters, a red river hog, and an African forest buffalo can be found coexisting within the exhibit.

Animals such as Allen's Swamp Monkey, guenons, Spotted-necked Otters, and giant African Forest Buffalo can be found coexisting within the exhibit.

African forest buffalo live in the rainforests of Western and Central Africa; however, their home ranges typically consist of a combination of marshes, grassy savannas, and the wet African rainforests.

There are 200 species of birds and 50 species of mammals, including African Forest Buffalo, leopard, Campbell's Mona Monkey, Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby, and Western Red Colobus.

While some authors think that the habitat selection of the aurochs was comparable to the African Forest Buffalo, others describe the species as inhabiting open grassland and helping maintain open areas by grazing, together with other large herbivores.

In the Congo, E. sagitta infestation was suggested to be one of the factors which led to mortality in several bongos (Tragelaphus eurycerus) and one African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus)

There are several intact populations of key forest fauna including the Western Lowland Gorilla, African Forest Elephant, chimpanzee, Giant forest hog, Red River Hog, sitatunga, endangered Bongo, African Forest Buffalo, and six species of duiker.

As well as the chimpanzees, okapi, jaguar, condors and Tropical Realm, there are enclosures for Congo buffalo, warthogs, red river hogs and a Malayan tapir, recently arrived from Belfast zoo.

African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) is the smallest subspecies of the African buffalo.

In the Congo, E. sagitta infestation was suggested to be one of the factors which led to mortality in several bongos (Tragelaphus eurycerus) and one African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus)

Within a few hundred metres it is possible to see signs of Kob Kobus kob, waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus, and forest buffalo Syncerus caffer nanus, and to hear putty-nosed monkeys Cercopithecus nictitans -a strange mixture of forest and savannah wildlife all at one site.