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 Cape Buffalo are found in Africa  Biome - Savanna & Forest  Cape Buffalo don’t make their home but they bed down under trees to sleep.

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2  Cape Buffalo are found in Africa  Biome - Savanna & Forest  Cape Buffalo don’t make their home but they bed down under trees to sleep

3  Size - As big as a female cow  Ox like animal  About 65 inches at shoulder  Height - 1.7 meters high  Weight - Male 1760 lb Female 1650 lb  Length- 3.4 meters long  Savanna buffalo’s are brown, gray, black  Forest buffalo’s are red

4  Grass  Leaves in drier seasons  Herbivores  Without fresh green feed buffalo's lose condition faster than other savanna ungulates (a hoofed animal)  It feeds at night

5  Most buffalo have one calf at a time  Baby calves are protected behind a tree for the first few weeks until strong enough to keep up with the herd  Cape Buffalo is pregnant for 11 months  The males live in herds of age group herds  4 to 7, 12 and older, and just 10 years old  Males do not reach their full weight till age ten

6  They can live up to age 17

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