African buffalo vs Hard Alectryon

Syncerus caffer compared with Alectryon subdentatus

Key Differences

• African buffalo is Near Threatened while Hard Alectryon is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African buffalo	Hard Alectryon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Syncerus	Alectryon
Species	Syncerus caffer	Alectryon subdentatus

Conservation Status

African buffalo

NT — Near Threatened

Hard Alectryon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African buffalo	Hard Alectryon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African buffalo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hard Alectryon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

African buffalo

The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a species in the genus Syncerus. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.