The tribe Bovini of the family Bovidae has been somewhat neglected in recent studies of ecology and behavior not withstanding the fact that Bos taurus has been domesticated for 5000 years and the true wild cattle of Asia have existed in an almost commensal state with mankind for an even longer period. The African buffalo Syncerus caffer is the focus of this volume, but a considerable quantity of data from the Asiatic water buffalo Bubalus bubalis have also been integrated in the text.