Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Artiodactyla Owen, 1848 - even-toed ungulates see Order Cetartiodactyla Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery, 1997
     Family Bovidae Gray, 1821 - antelope, cattle, bison, buffalo, goats, and sheep
       Genus Synceros Gray, 1872 see Genus Syncerus Hodgson, 1847
         Synceros caffer (Sparrman, 1779) - African buffalo see Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779)