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Age determination of the African buffalo, Syncerus caffer Sparrman
Author(s) -
GRIMSDELL J. J. R.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
african journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1365-2028
pISSN - 0141-6707
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1973.tb00072.x
Subject(s) - age groups , molar , french horn , cementum , age structure , geography , demography , dentistry , medicine , population , dentin , physics , sociology , acoustics
Summary Age criteria for the African buffalo are described. These are based on the tooth eruption sequence and on wear of the first molar. Assignment of absolute ages to the tooth eruption and wear classes has been made by reference to known‐age animals and to numbers of cementum lines in tooth sections. For ageing animals to the nearest year, the normal degree of accuracy of the methods is assumed to be about ± 1/2year (1–5 years of age); about ± 1 year (5–15 years of age); and about ±2 years (15‐20years of age). A field method of age determination is presented based on horn characteristics and relative body size.