Buffalo - Definition and Overview

A buffalo is one of several species of bovine. It includes:

• members of the Asian genus Bubalus—the water buffalo, the anoa and the tamaraw (sometimes referred to as true buffalo).
• a member of the African genus Syncerus—the Cape buffalo (or African buffalo).
• a North American member of the genus Bison—the American Bison (or buffalo).

Buffalo is also the name of some places in the United States of America:

• Buffalo, llinois
• Buffalo, Indiana
• Buffalo, Iowa
• Buffalo, Kansas
• Buffalo, Kentucky
• Buffalo, Minnesota
• Buffalo, Missouri
• Buffalo, New York - the best known Buffalo in the USA
• Buffalo, North Dakota
• Buffalo, Oklahoma
• Buffalo, South Carolina
• Buffalo, South Dakota
• Buffalo, Texas
• Buffalo, West Virginia
• Buffalo, Wisconsin
  • Buffalo, Buffalo County, Wisconsin
  • Buffalo, Marquette County, Wisconsin
• Buffalo, Wyoming
• Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania
• Buffalo County, Wisconsin

There is also Buffalo Grove, Illinois, a Buffalo City, Wisconsin, and a Buffalo City in South Africa.

Buffalo Boots is a shoe brand.

Buffalo is also a type of Grass.