The African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) is smaller than the Cape Buffalo, with horns that curves out backwards and upwards. Usually weighing 265–565 kg (584.2–1,245.6 ), they are reddish brown in color. Its native habitat

Habitat

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 is the equatorial forest found in central and western Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

, and its diet consists primarily of grass

Grass

Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...

es, twigs, and young shoots. African Forest Buffalo are sought after by hunters for their meat and horns. In the wild, leopard

Leopard

The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...

s are its primary predator.