African buffalo vs Prickly Yellow

Syncerus caffer compared with Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Key Differences

• African buffalo is Near Threatened while Prickly Yellow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African buffalo	Prickly Yellow
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)	Rutaceae
Genus	Syncerus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Syncerus caffer	Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Conservation Status

African buffalo

NT — Near Threatened

Prickly Yellow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African buffalo	Prickly Yellow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African buffalo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Yellow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.