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I’m doing a presentation for my homework and I need to know how Buffalo have adapted to their environment. All i’ve got so far is their horns (which can be used as defence against other predators)

By the way, it’s African Buffalo

Best reply by gardengallivant:

First your animal is a horned bovine species in the artiodactyla so having horns is a common character with other bovine species along with the split hooves and being a ruminant. What makes this species different from other related artiodactyla? Do the horns branch? Are horns on both sexes? Are the horns spiraled?

http://216.19.70.191/Artiodactyla/Syncerus_cafferFull.html

Syncerus caffer- African Buffalo is related to the water buffalo, anoa, gaur, bison & yak species and more distantly related to cattle & antelope.

They are stocky in build and are grazing animals unlike many delicate antelope species. They are able to graze tough grasses in a broad range of habitats from riparian shoreline, & tree grown swamps, to forests or grasslands.
All mammals have 4 types of teeth but not all mammals fully express all possible teeth in the same way. The Bovine upper incisors are not grown out. They have a tough plate opposite their lower teeth to tear off grass against. Their teeth upper/lower Incisors 0/3, Canine 0/1, Premolar 3/3, Molar 3/3 x 2 for both sides of the jaw. 32 teeth total

General bovine characters

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovid

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/African_Buffalo

http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Cetartiodactyla/Bovinae.html

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Bovinae

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How do buffalo adapt to their environment?

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Do sea critters exploit the environment by using water resistance to help them travel?

Do polar bears exploit the environment by using the polar ice to keep a kill fresh?

Do carrion-feeders exploit the environment by waiting for an animal to die of sickness or old age?

Do predators exploit the environment by specifically targeting the young and frail?

What do you think?

Best reply by Purdey EP:

I would say no to all of them.

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