''Syncerus'' is a genus of

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

bovid The Bovidae comprise the family (biology), biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes Bos, cattle, bison, Bubalina, buffalo, antelopes (including Caprinae, goat-antelopes), Ovis, sheep and Capra (genus), goats. A member o ...

that contains the living Cape buffalo ''(Syncerus caffer)'', including the distinct

African forest buffalo The African forest buffalo (''Syncerus caffer nanus''), also known as the dwarf buffalo or the Congo buffalo, is the smallest subspecies of the African buffalo. It is related to the Cape buffalo (''Syncerus caffer caffer''), the Sudan buffalo ...

. At least one extinct species belongs to this genus; '' Syncerus acoelotus''. The extinct giant African buffalo ('' Syncerus antiquus'') is also included in this genus by many authorities.

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Mammal genera Mammal genera with one living species Taxa named by Brian Houghton Hodgson Bubalina {{eventoedungulate-stub