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. 2013 Feb 21;8(2):e56235. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056235

Table 1. Morphological characteristics, including weight in kilogram (kg), dress color, body length in centimetre (cm), width of horn and length of skull in millimetre (mm) of the four recognized subspecies of African buffalos (out of literature).

S. c. caffer S. c. nanus S. c. aequinoctialis S. c. brachyceros
Weight (kg) 700–900 [26], [74] <320 [26], [74] intermediate intermediate
Dress blackish [78] reddish [74], [76] brown/black [75] brown/black [75]
Body length (cm) <340 [26], [74] <120 [26], [74] intermediate intermediate
Width of horn at base (mm) 224±21.5 [46] 128±9.75 [46] 212±17.2 [46] 166±18.3 [46]
Length of skull (mm) 503±17.9 [46] 426±10.7 [46] 500±18.2 [46] 455±22.9 [46]