African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

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Forest buffalo adults with juvenile © Carlton Ward Jr	Herd of forest buffalo with calves feeding on new grass © Bruce Davidson / naturepl.com	Juvenile forest buffalo © Bruce Davidson / naturepl.com
Forest buffalo being groomed by an oxpecker © Martin Harvey / www.nhpa.co.uk	Forest buffalo, side view © Christophe Ratier / www.nhpa.co.uk	Forest buffalo © Carlton Ward Jr
Forest buffalo © Carlton Ward Jr	Forest buffalo, in saltmarsh © Christophe Ratier / www.nhpa.co.uk	Forest buffalo in bai clearing © Bruce Davidson / naturepl.com
Forest buffalo, with oxpecker © Martin Harvey / www.nhpa.co.uk	Forest buffalo © Patricio Robles Gil / www.osfimages.com	Forest buffalo grazing © Bruce Davidson / naturepl.com
Forest buffalo in water © Bruce Davidson / naturepl.com	Forest buffalo wallowing in water © Patricio Robles Gil / naturepl.com	Forest buffalo, swimming across river © Carlton Ward Jr
Male forest buffalo defecating into water © Bruce Davidson / naturepl.com	Forest buffalo, herd grazing © Martin Harvey / www.nhpa.co.uk	Forest buffalo group, with sitatunga at watering hole © Christophe Ratier / www.nhpa.co.uk
Forest buffalo on beach © Carlton Ward Jr	Group of forest buffalo on beach © Carlton Ward Jr	Cape buffalo group feeding © Martyn Colbeck / www.osfimages.com
Cape buffalo browsing © Mike Lane / www.nhpa.co.uk	Cape buffalo sitting, chewing cud © Ann & Steve Toon / www.nhpa.co.uk	Cape buffalo at waterhole © J & B Photographers / Animals Animals
Cape buffalo calling © Peter Blackwell / naturepl.com	Cape buffalo mud-bathing © Ann & Steve Toon / www.nhpa.co.uk	Cape buffalo ground-raking © Ann & Steve Toon / www.nhpa.co.uk
Cape buffalo bulls fighting © Anup Shah / naturepl.com	Cape buffalo bulls headbutting © Richard Du Toit / naturepl.com	Cape buffalo male testing the urine of a female © Ann & Steve Toon / www.nhpa.co.uk
Cape buffalo showing flehmen bahviour © Ann & Steve Toon / www.nhpa.co.uk	Cape buffalo courtship © Anup Shah / naturepl.com	Cape buffalo mating © Anup Shah / naturepl.com
African buffalo mating © Anup Shah / naturepl.com	African buffalo female with young © Jurgen & Christine Sohns / www.flpa-images.co.uk	African buffalo female with calf © Anup Shah / naturepl.com
Young African buffalo © Jurgen & Christine Sohns / www.flpa-images.co.uk	African buffalo female and calf in forest © Andrew Plumptre / www.osfimages.com	Juvenile African buffalo © Jurgen & Christine Sohns / www.flpa-images.co.uk
African buffalo with juvenile © Anup Shah / naturepl.com	Two African buffalo calves facing one another © Tony Heald / naturepl.com	Male African buffalo © Bernard Castelein / naturepl.com
African buffalo resting, with wattled starling on back © Gerard Lacz / www.flpa-images.co.uk	African buffalo © Jose B. Ruiz / naturepl.com	Adult male African buffalo scenting © Tony Heald / naturepl.com
Male African buffalo feeding © Bernard Castelein / naturepl.com	Male African buffalo © Frank Schneidermeyer / www.osfimages.com	African buffalo scratching © Owen Newman / www.osfimages.com
Male African buffalo in dust © Ron O'Connor / naturepl.com	African buffalo covered in mud © F. Polking / www.flpa-images.co.uk	African buffalo wallowing © Roger de la Harpe / Animals Animals
African buffalo standing in water, feeding © M. Watson / www.ardea.com	African buffalo drinking © Pete Oxford / naturepl.com	African buffalo herd at water hole drinking © Rob Nunnington / www.osfimages.com
African buffalo herd drinking at waterhole © Ferrero-Labat / www.ardea.com	African buffalo female and calf in forest © Andrew Plumptre / www.osfimages.com	African buffalo herd in forest © Andrew Plumptre / www.osfimages.com
Male African buffalo rubbing horns against a tree © Philip Perry / www.flpa-images.co.uk	African buffalo bull alert to lions © J & A Scott / www.nhpa.co.uk	Lion hunting young African buffalo that has been separated from the herd © Anup Shah / naturepl.com
African buffalo herd chasing a lion © Anup Shah / naturepl.com	African buffalo bull, which has just tossed a lion cub into the air © J & A Scott / www.nhpa.co.uk	Aerial view of a lion pride hunting African buffalo © Richard Du Toit / naturepl.com
Lions killing an African buffalo © J & A Scott / www.nhpa.co.uk	African buffalo galloping in shallows of flood plain © Martin Harvey / www.nhpa.co.uk	African buffalo crossing water © Pete Oxford / naturepl.com
Aerial view of African buffalo wading through the Okavango Delta © Christophe Courteau / naturepl.com	African buffalo herd aerial view © Martin Harvey / www.nhpa.co.uk	Male African buffalo wallowing © Richard Du Toit / naturepl.com
African buffalo herd, resting in woodland © Jurgen & Christine Sohns / www.flpa-images.co.uk	African buffalo herd among trees © Mike Birkhead / www.osfimages.com	African buffalo herd in savannah scrub habitat © Richard Du Toit / naturepl.com
African buffalo herd running © Chris Harvey / www.ardea.com	African buffalo herd at water hole © Ferrero-Labat / www.ardea.com	African buffalo herd near savannah fire © W Wisniewski / www.flpa-images.co.uk
African buffalo hunters © Rafi Ben-Shahar / www.osfimages.com

African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

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