使用者:人人生來平等/沙盒貳
外觀
非洲森林水牛 | |
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聖地牙哥動物園內的非洲森林水牛 | |
科學分類 | |
界: | 動物界 Animalia |
門: | 脊索動物門 Chordata |
綱: | 哺乳綱 Mammalia |
目: | 偶蹄目 Artiodactyla |
科: | 牛科 Bovidae |
屬: | 非洲水牛屬 Syncerus |
種: | S. caffer
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亞種: | 非洲森林水牛 S. c. nanus
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三名法 | |
Syncerus caffer nanus (Boddaert, 1785)
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非洲森林水牛(學名:Syncerus caffer nanus)又稱矮水牛(dwarf buffalo)或剛果水牛(Congo buffalo),是非洲水牛中最小的亞種[1],其與開普水牛(學名:Syncerus caffer caffer)、蘇丹水牛(學名:Syncerus caffer brachyceros)和尼羅河水牛(學名:Syncerus caffer aequinoctialis)有親緣關係,且該物種是唯一分布在非洲中部和西部雨林的非洲水牛亞種,而該雨林的年降水量約1,500毫米。[2]
簡介
[編輯]非洲森林水牛是非洲水牛的一個小亞種,體重在250至320公斤(550至710英磅)不等,[1]區分該物種和其他亞種的特徵還包括其具有紅棕色的外型、面部區域較深和牛角形狀相較於其他亞種小等。[1][3]
特性
[編輯]非洲森林水牛棲息在西非和中非的熱帶雨林中,但沼澤、草原也都是其分布範圍。
腳註
[編輯]- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Korte, Lisa M 2008,第115頁.
- ^ Melletti, Mario, Penteriani Vincenzo & Mirabile Marzia 2007,第1312頁.
- ^ Melletti M. and Burton J. (eds). 2014.
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