African buffalo
species of mammal
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Summary
African buffalo is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.3% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,967 views/month, #585 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
- Parent taxon: Syncerus[5]
- Taxon name: Syncerus caffer[6]
- Commons category: Syncerus caffer[7]
- Start time: -700000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Syncerus caffer[9]
- Commons gallery: Syncerus caffer[10]
- Described by source: The American Cyclopædia[11]
- Original combination: Bos caffer[12]
- Taxon common name: African buffalo[13], Buffel[14], Eko[15], Búfal africà[16], buvol africký[17], To[18], Bífalo africano[19], afrikanpuhveli[20], Bufalo africano[21], アフリカスイギュウ[22], Búfalo-africano[23], Afrikanischer Büffel[24], Kaffernbüffel[25], bawół afrykański[26]
- Gestation period: 340 day[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[29]
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Identifiers
African buffalo's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42405[30]. African buffalo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9970[31]. African buffalo's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328707[32]. African buffalo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441034[33]. African buffalo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183847[34].
Why It Matters
African buffalo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]