: the large reddish-brown to black wild buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of sub-Saharan Africa
called also African buffalo
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The Cape buffalo is notorious for being one of Africa's most dangerous game animals, killing around 200 people in southern Africa a year, according to wildlife tourism site Kenya Wild Parks.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Cape buffalo are the largest wild bovine on the continent.
—Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Cape buffalo are the largest wild bovine on the continent.
—Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Cape buffalo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cape%20buffalo. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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Cape buffalo
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: a large wild buffalo of Africa south of the Sahara
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