The Best Pictures of African Buffalo

African Buffalo Photos

However there have been several Lions do kill and eat buffalo regularly, but it typically takes multiple lions to bring down a single adult buffalo. Other than humans, African buffalo have few predators and are capable of defending themselves against (and killing) lions.

Wild African Buffalo Pictures

Buffalo do not stay on trampled or depleted areas for long. When feeding, the buffalo makes use of its tongue and wide incisor row to eat grass more quickly than most other African herbivores.

African Buffalo Images

Herds of buffalo will reduce grass level to the height that is preferred by selective grazers. Like the Plains zebra, the buffalo can subsist on tall, coarse grasses. While not particularly demanding with regard to habitat, they require water daily and therefore depend on perennial sources of water. Herds have also been found in open woodland and grassland.

African Buffalo Species

Buffalo prefer habitat with dense cover such as reeds and thickets. It lives in swamps, floodplains as well as mopane grasslands and forests of the major mountains of Africa. The African buffalo is one of the most successful grazers in Africa. Calves of both types have red coats. Forest type buffalo are reddish brown in color with horns that curve out backwards and upwards.

African Buffalo Habitats

Savannah type buffalo have black or dark brown coats and their horns are curved to a closed crescent. Forest type buffaloes are only half that size. Savannah type buffaloes weigh 500–900 kg, with males, normally larger than females, reaching the upper weight range. It is up to 1.7 metres high, 3.4 meters long. The African buffalo is a very robust species.