Order Artiodactyla Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 637 722 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Syncerus Hodgson 1847 Syncerus Hodgson 1847 , J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, ser. 2, 16: 709 . Type Species: Bos brachyceros Gray 1837 Species and subspecies: 1 species with 5 subspecies: Species Syncerus caffer (Sparrman 1779) Subspecies Syncerus caffer subsp. caffer Sparrman 1779 Subspecies Syncerus caffer subsp. aequinoctialis Blyth 1866 Subspecies Syncerus caffer subsp. brachyceros Gray 1837 Subspecies Syncerus caffer subsp. matthewsi Lydekker 1904 Subspecies Syncerus caffer subsp. nanus Boddaert 1785 Discussion: A subgenus of Bubalus according to Haltenorth (1963:133) . Reviewed by Grubb (1972) .