African buffalo vs Jointed Pricklypear

Syncerus caffer compared with Opuntia aurantiaca

Key Differences

• African buffalo is Near Threatened while Jointed Pricklypear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African buffalo	Jointed Pricklypear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Cactaceae
Genus	Syncerus	Opuntia
Species	Syncerus caffer	Opuntia aurantiaca

Conservation Status

African buffalo

NT — Near Threatened

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African buffalo	Jointed Pricklypear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African buffalo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jointed Pricklypear

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Eswatini, Jamaica, Namibia, and South Africa.

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.