Syncerus caffer brachyceros

Syncerus caffer brachyceros

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bovoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Ruminantiamorpha Subordo: Ruminantia Infraordo: Pecora Superfamilia: Bovoidea

Familia: Bovidae
Subfamilia: Bovinae
Genus: Syncerus
Species: Syncerus caffer
Subspecies: Syncerus caffer brachyceros

Name

Syncerus caffer brachyceros (Gray, 1837)

Type locality: "Central Africa"

Synonymy

• Bos brachyceros Gray, 1837: 587 [Protonym]
• Bos caffer brachyceros Gray, 1837 Lydekker, 1898
• Bubalus brachycerus (Gray, 1837) Gray, 1843: 153
• Syncerus brachyceros (Gray, 1837) Hollister, 1911: 192
• Syncerus caffer brachyceros (Gray, 1837)

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1837. Description of some new or little known Mammalia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of natural history and Journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology, and meteorology. N.S. 1: 577–587. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1843. List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum. BHL Reference page. 
• Hollister, N. 1911. The generic name of the African buffalo. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 24: 191–193. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lydekker, R. 1913. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. I. Artiodactyla, family Bovidæ, subfamilies Bovinæ to Ovibovinæ (cattle, sheep, goats, chamois, serows, takin, musk-oxen, etc.). London: Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum. i–xvii, 1–249. BHL Reference page.  [pp. 62–65]

Vernacular names

English: West African Savanna Buffalo
magyar: Rövidszarvúbivaly

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