Syncerus Hodgson, 1847 . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, ser. 2, 16:709.

TYPE SPECIES: Bos brachyceros Gray, 1837 (= Bos caffer Sparrman, 1779).

SYNONYMS: Planiceros .

COMMENTS: Considered a subgenus of Bubalus by Haltenorth (1963:133). Reviewed by Grubb (1972).