Buffalo: Encyclopedia - Buffalo

Buffalo

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 African Buffalo (or Cape Buffalo).
• a North American member of the genus Bison — the American Bison (or buffalo).

Buffalo - Places called Buffalo

Buffalo is also the name of several places in the United States of America, usually meaning Buffalo, New York but also:

• Buffalo, Indiana
• Buffalo, Iowa
• Buffalo, Kansas
• Buffalo, Minnesota
• Buffalo, Missouri
• 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 City, Wisconsin
• Buffalo, Wyoming
• Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania
• Buffalo County, Wisconsin
• Buffalo Grove, Illinois
• Buffalo City Municipality, Eastern Cape in South Africa
• several Buffalo rivers throughout the US and one in South Africa

Buffalo - Other things called Buffalo

• Buffalo is also a type of Grass.
• The intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Colorado are known as the Buffaloes or "Buffs".
• Buffalo is the name of a heavy metal band.
• BUFFALO is also an acronym for Bit User Fast Friendly Aid to Logical Operations, a monitor program for the Freescale 68HC11 microcontroller.
• Buffalo was at one time the proposed name for a province in Western Canada that would have encompassed what is now Alberta and Saskatchewan, both of which emerged instead in 1905.
• Buffalo was a type of amphibious vehicle used by Allied forces during World War II
• The Buffalo or Brewster_F2A was a type of plane used by Allied (and Finnish) forces during World War II
• Buffalo fish is a type of fish found in the Mississippi valley.
• Buffalo Boots is a shoe brand.
• Buffalo Springfield is a folk and psychedelic rock band.
• Buffaloes the nickname of South Africa's national Australian rules football team.
• Buffalo is the name of a drinking game, especially popular in Iceland.

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