Syncerus caffer (ungulate)

Mass: 548 kg based on Sachs 1967, Van Hoven 1980, and Clauss et al. 2008

Diet: grazer based on Prins and Douglas-Hamilton 1990, Sponheimer et al. 2003, and Naidoo et al. 2012; grazer-browser based on Bothma et al. 2004

Abundance: 0.07 to 34.62% (median 1.16%)

Latitudinal range: -34.4° to 18.1°

Habitats: (38), boreal forest/taiga (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical savanna (6)

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Found in 53 samples

Botswana: Moritsane (Holocene)

Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)

Cameroon: Shum Laka rock shelter (Lower Horizon; ochre ash) (Holocene), Shum Laka rock shelter (Upper Horizon; ochre ash) (Holocene), Shum Laka rock shelter (Lower Horizon; gray ash) (Holocene), Shum Laka rock shelter (Middle/Upper Horizon; gray ash) (Holocene)

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Katanda 2 (Middle Pleistocene)

Ethiopia: Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (natural forest), Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (coffee forest), Porc-Epic Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Ghana: Mole National Park

Kenya: Wadh Lang'o (Kansyore) (Holocene), Wadh Lang'o (Elmenteitan) (Holocene), Wadh Lang'o (Urewe) (Holocene), Usenge 3 (Urewe) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.1) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.2) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (DBS) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL3) (Holocene), Karungu (Late Pleistocene), Mfangano Island (Late Pleistocene)

Malawi: Malowa (Holocene)

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park

Republic of the Congo: Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Kouilou Département

Senegal: Diouboye (Holocene)

South Africa: Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (Phase M1) (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (LSA) (Holocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BRL) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member CL) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member GWA) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member OLP) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member OCH) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene)

Sudan: Affad 23 (Late Pleistocene), Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic) (Holocene)

Tanzania: Mwanihana, Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Mwanihana Forest (2013), Mlele Forest Reserve, Luxmanda (Holocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 3) (Late Pleistocene)

Togo: Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (dry season), Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (wet season)

Uganda: Mainaro, Nile Delta

Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan) (Late Pleistocene), Makwe Rockshelter 2 (Holocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass446625 kgN = 2Sachs 1967
♀ body mass365000 kgN = 1Van Hoven 1980
♀ body mass380000 kgN = 1Van Hoven 1980
♀ body mass390000 kgN = 1Van Hoven 1980
♀ body mass440000 kgN = 1Van Hoven 1980
♀ body mass530000 kgN = 1Van Hoven 1980
♀ body mass560000 kgN = 1Van Hoven 1980
♀ body mass580000 kgN = 1Van Hoven 1980
♂ body mass650000 kgN = 1Clauss et al. 2008
♂ body mass750750 kgN = 8Sachs 1967
♂ body mass380000 kgN = 1Van Hoven 1980
♂ body mass400000 kgN = 1Van Hoven 1980
♂ body mass415000 kgN = 1Van Hoven 1980
♂ body mass505000 kgN = 1Van Hoven 1980
♂ body mass570000 kgN = 1Van Hoven 1980
♀ ear length252 mmN = 2Sachs 1967
♂ ear length244 mmN = 8Sachs 1967
♀ head and body length2127 mmN = 2Sachs 1967
♂ head and body length2598 mmN = 8Sachs 1967
♀ hind foot length577 mmN = 2Sachs 1967
♂ hind foot length578 mmN = 8Sachs 1967
♀ tail length767 mmN = 2Sachs 1967
♂ tail length789 mmN = 8Sachs 1967
♀ total body length2895 mmN = 2Sachs 1967
♂ total body length3387 mmN = 8Sachs 1967

See also Syncerus, Syncerus antiquus, Syncerus sp.