Native Range

African Forest Buffalo

Syncerus caffer nanus

Authoritative assessment

The mapped biological distribution is supplied by the IUCN Red List and takes precedence over earlier Wild Guide administrative selections.

IUCN Red List

Syncerus caffer nanus

This subspecies range is taken from polygons identified within the IUCN assessment for Syncerus caffer.

Taxon ID: 21251
Assessment ID: 50195031
Spatial data compiled: 2008

IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 2008. Syncerus caffer (spatial data). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025(2). https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on 3 July 2026.

Licence: IUCN Red List Terms and Conditions of Use

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Countries covered by this range

Country coverage is derived from where the biological range polygon measurably intersects current administrative boundaries.

Angola

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Cameroon

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Central African Rep

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Congo, Dem Rep of the

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Congo, Rep of the

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Cote d'Ivoire

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Equatorial Guinea

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Gabon

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Ghana

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Guinea

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Guinea-Bissau

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Liberia

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Nigeria

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Rwanda

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Sierra Leone

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Uganda

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident

Distribution feature

Extant (resident)

Presence: Extant
Origin: Native
Seasonality: Resident