Buffalo most commonly refers to: *

True buffalo Bubalina is a subtribe of Bovini, wild cattle that includes the various species of true buffalo. Species include the African buffalo, the anoas, and the wild water buffalo (including the domesticated variant water buffalo). Buffaloes can be fou ...

or Bubalina, a subtribe of wild cattle, including most "Old World" buffalo, such as water buffalo *

Bison A bison (: bison) is a large bovine in the genus ''Bison'' (from Greek, meaning 'wild ox') within the tribe Bovini. Two extant taxon, extant and numerous extinction, extinct species are recognised. Of the two surviving species, the American ...

, a genus of wild cattle, including the American buffalo *

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is a Administrative divisions of New York (state), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and county seat of Erie County, New York, Erie County. It lies in Western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of ...

, a city in the northeastern United States Buffalo or buffaloes may also refer to:

Animals

Bubalina Bubalina is a subtribe of wild cattle that includes the various species of true buffalo. Species include the African buffalo, the anoas, and the wild water buffalo (including the domesticated variant water buffalo). Buffaloes can be found natu ...

, a subtribe of the tribe

Bovini The tribe Bovini or wild cattle are medium to massive bovines that are native to Eurasia, North America, and Africa. These include the enigmatic, antelope-like saola, the African and Asiatic buffaloes, and a clade that consists of bison and the ...

within the subfamily Bovinae **

African buffalo The African buffalo (''Syncerus caffer)'' is a large sub-Saharan African bovine. The adult African buffalo's horns are its characteristic feature: they have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield across the top of the head, referred to ...

or Cape Buffalo (''Syncerus caffer'') ** ''

Bubalus ''Bubalus'' is a genus of Asiatic bovines that was proposed by Charles Hamilton Smith in 1827. ''Bubalus'' and '' Syncerus'' form the subtribe Bubalina, the true buffaloes. The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and classification ...

'', a genus of bovines including various water buffalo species ***

Wild water buffalo The wild water buffalo (''Bubalus arnee''), also called Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo and wild buffalo, is a large bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as ''Endangered'' in the IUCN Red List since 198 ...

(''Bubalus arnee'') ***

Water buffalo The water buffalo (''Bubalus bubalis''), also called domestic water buffalo, Asian water buffalo and Asiatic water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Today, it is also kept in Italy, the Balkans ...

(''Bubalus bubalis'') **** Buffalo meat, the meat of the water buffalo ****

Italian Mediterranean buffalo The Italian Mediterranean buffalo is an Italian breed of water buffalo. It is of the river sub-type of water buffalo and is similar to the buffalo breeds of Hungary, Romania, and the Balkan countries. It is the only indigenous water buffalo b ...

, a breed of water buffalo ***

Anoa Anoa, also known as dwarf buffalo and ''sapiutan'', are two species of the genus ''Bubalus'', placed within the subgenus ''Anoa'' and endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia: the mountain anoa (''Bubalus quarlesi'') and the lowland ano ...

***

Tamaraw The tamaraw or Mindoro dwarf buffalo (''Bubalus mindorensis'') is a small buffalo belonging to the family Bovidae. It is endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, and is the only endemic Philippine bovine. It is believed, however, ...

(''Bubalus mindorensis'') ***'' Bubalus murrensis'', an extinct species of water buffalo that occupied riverine habitats in Europe in the Pleistocene *

, large, even-toed ungulates in the genus ''Bison'' within the subfamily Bovinae **

American bison The American bison (''Bison bison''; : ''bison''), commonly known as the American buffalo, or simply buffalo (not to be confused with Bubalina, true buffalo), is a species of bison that is endemic species, endemic (or native) to North America. ...

(''Bison bison''), also commonly referred to as the American buffalo or simply "buffalo" in North America **

European bison The European bison (: bison) (''Bison bonasus'') or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent ( or ), the zubr (), or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bi ...

is also known as the European buffalo *''

Ictiobus ''Ictiobus'', also known as buffalofishes, buffalofish or simply buffalo, is a genus of freshwater fish native to North America, specifically the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala. They are the largest and longest-lived of the North Am ...

'', a North American genus of fish, known as buffalos

Places

Canada

Buffalo, Alberta Buffalo is a hamlet and a ghost town in Alberta, Canada that is under the jurisdiction of the Special Areas Board. It is on Highway 555, between Bindloss and Jenner, south of the Red Deer River, at an elevation of . The community is locate ...

, a ghost town *

Buffalo National Park Buffalo National Park was created near the town of Wainwright in east central Alberta on June 5, 1909. It was closed in 1940 and delisted in 1947 when the land was transferred to the Department of National Defence. The park land was developed f ...

, Alberta * Rural Municipality of Buffalo No. 409, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality *

Province of Buffalo The Province of Buffalo was a proposal for the creation of a proposals for new Canadian provinces and territories, new Canadian province in the early 20th century. Its main proponent was Sir Frederick Haultain, the premier of the North-West Territo ...

, a proposed Canadian province

United States

, the largest city by population with its name **

Buffalo Niagara International Airport Buffalo Niagara International Airport is in Cheektowaga (town), New York, Cheektowaga, New York (state), New York, United States. The airport serves Buffalo, New York and Niagara Falls, New York in the United States, and the southern Golden H ...

Buffalo, Illinois Buffalo is a village in Mechanicsburg Township in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 503 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Buffalo is located at (39. ...

Buffalo, Indiana Buffalo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Liberty Township, White County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 619 at the 2020 census. History Buffalo was platted in 1886, and named for Buffalo, New York, the native state of ...

Buffalo, Iowa Buffalo is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,176 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Buffalo is located on the Mississippi River. The city is a part of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area. History Steam ...

Buffalo, Kansas Buffalo is a city in Wilson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 217. History Buffalo was founded in 1867. It took its name from Buffalo Creek, which was named after the American bison, common ...

Buffalo, Kentucky Buffalo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southern LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 498 as of the 2010 census. It lies along Kentucky Route 61 south of the city of Hodgenville, the c ...

Buffalo, Minnesota Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Wright County, Minnesota, Wright County. It is in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, about 42 miles northwest of Minneapolis on Buffalo Lake (Wright County, Mi ...

Buffalo, Missouri Buffalo is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,290 at the 2020 census. Buffalo is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Buffalo was platted in 1841, ...

Buffalo, Montana Buffalo is an unincorporated rural hamlet in Fergus County, Montana, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal rep ...

Buffalo, Nebraska Buffalo is an unincorporated community in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. History A post office was established at Buffalo in 1896, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957. Buffalo was named for the American bison ...

* Buffalo, North Carolina * Buffalo, North Dakota * Buffalo, Guernsey County, Ohio * Buffalo, Jackson County, Ohio *

Buffalo, Oklahoma Buffalo is a town and county seat of Harper County, Oklahoma, Harper County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the town's population was 1,039. It was named after the Buffalo Creek valley, in which it is ...

* Buffalo, South Carolina *

Buffalo, South Dakota Buffalo is a town in, and the county seat of, Harding County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 346 at the 2020 census. History Buffalo was established in 1909. It was named for the large herds of bison (mistakenly called buffa ...

Buffalo, Tennessee (disambiguation) Buffalo, Tennessee may refer to the following places in Tennessee: * Buffalo, Anderson County, Tennessee, an unincorporated community * Buffalo, Hickman County, Tennessee, an unincorporated community * Buffalo, Humphreys County, Tennessee, an uninco ...

* Buffalo, Texas * Buffalo, Henderson County, Texas *

Buffalo, West Virginia Buffalo is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States, located along the Kanawha River. The population was 1,211 at the time of the 2020 census It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. History Along with numerous si ...

* Buffalo, Jackson County, West Virginia * Buffalo, Buffalo County, Wisconsin *

Buffalo, Marquette County, Wisconsin Buffalo is a town in Marquette County, Wisconsin, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 1,085. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 49.3 square miles (127.6&nb ...

Buffalo, Wyoming Buffalo is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 4,415 at the 2020 census, down from 4,585 at the 2010 census. The city had experienced an economic boom due to methane production from the C ...

Buffalo City, Arkansas Buffalo City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes o ...

, an unincorporated community and census-designated place *

Buffalo City, North Carolina Buffalo City was a logging and moonshine town in East Lake Township, Dare County, North Carolina, Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It was on the mainland, west of Manteo, North Carolina, Manteo near present-day Manns Harbor, North C ...

, a town *

Buffalo City, Wisconsin Buffalo City is a city in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,023 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. History The name may be derived from a American Bison, buffalo animal husbandry operation in the past. Th ...

, a city *

Buffalo County (disambiguation) Buffalo County is the name of three counties in the United States: * Buffalo County, Nebraska * Buffalo County, South Dakota * Buffalo County, Wisconsin * Buffalo County, an extinct county in Kansas; see List of counties in Kansas This is ...

Buffalo Township (disambiguation) Buffalo Township may refer to: Arkansas * Buffalo Township, Craighead County, Arkansas, in Craighead County, Arkansas Illinois * Buffalo Township, Ogle County, Illinois Iowa * Buffalo Township, Buchanan County, Iowa * Buffalo Township, K ...

Elsewhere

* Buffalo, Victoria, Australia *

Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality () is a metropolitan municipality situated on the east coast of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It includes the towns of East London, Bhisho and Qonce, as well as the large townships of Md ...

, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Coins

American Buffalo (coin) The American Buffalo, also known as a gold buffalo, is a 24- karat bullion coin first offered for sale by the United States Mint in 2006. The coin follows the design of the Indian Head nickel and has gained its nickname from the American Bison o ...

, a 24-karat bullion coin introduced 2006 *

Buffalo nickel The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel is a copper–nickel five-cent piece that was struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938. It was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser. As part of a drive to beautify the coinage, five denomi ...

, a copper-nickel coin minted 1913–1938

Games

* Buffalo (card game), a card game * Buffalo (game), a drinking game

Military

* , several Royal Navy ships * , several U.S. Navy ships *

Landing Vehicle Tracked The Amphibious Vehicle, Tracked (LVT or AMTRAC) is an amphibious warfare vehicle and Amphibious vehicle, amphibious landing craft, introduced by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. (The USN and USMC use ''L'' to designate ...

, a World War II-era amphibious vehicle *

Operation Buffalo (disambiguation) Operation Buffalo may refer to: * Operation Buffalo, a 1944 military operation, part of the Battle of Anzio in World War II * Operation Buffalo (1956), four open-air nuclear tests at Maralinga, South Australia * Operation Buffalo (1967) Operat ...

* Avro 571 Buffalo, a 1920s prototype British carrier-based torpedo bomber biplane *

Brewster F2A Buffalo The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modificatio ...

, a 1930s–1940s American fighter aircraft *

Buffalo (mine protected vehicle) The Buffalo is a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle built by Force Protection, Inc., a division of General Dynamics. It is the largest vehicle in Force Protection's line-up, followed by the Cougar HE MRAP and the Ocelot light protected pat ...

Music

Buffalo (band) Buffalo was an Australian rock band formed in August 1971 by founding mainstay Dave Tice on lead vocals (ex-Head). Fellow founders, also from Head, were Paul Balbi on drums, John Baxter on guitar, and Peter Wells on bass guitar; together with ...

, an Australian hard rock group ** ''Buffalo'' (EP), by Buffalo * ''Buffalo'' (Frank Zappa album) * ''Buffalo'' (The Phoenix Foundation album) * "Buffalo", a track from the album ''

Cherry Bomb A cherry bomb (also known as a globe salute or kraft salute) is an approximately spherical exploding firework, roughly resembling a cherry in size and shape (with the fuse resembling the cherry's stem). Cherry bombs range in size from in diame ...

'' by Tyler, the Creator

People

Chief Buffalo (disambiguation) Chief Buffalo may refer to a number of people: Ojibwe * Chief Buffalo or Kechewaishke (1759–1855), Ojibwa chief of the La Pointe Band of Lake Superior Chippewa * Buffalo, an Ojibwa chief of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians, St. Croix Band * Besh ...

Norton Buffalo Phillip Jackson (September 28, 1951 – October 30, 2009), best known as Norton Buffalo, was an American singer-songwriter, country music, country and blues harmonica player, record producer, bandleader and recording artist who was a versatile ...

(1951–2009), American singer-songwriter and musician * Ted Buffalo (1885–1969), Native American football player * Tishynah Buffalo, Indigenous Canadian fashion designer *

Black Buffalo (wrestler) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . Originally starting his career in International Wrestling Association of Japan, where he worked under his real name, Yamada found a new home promotion in 1999 in Osaka Pro ...

(born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler

Schools

University at Buffalo The State University of New York at Buffalo (commonly referred to as UB, University at Buffalo, and sometimes SUNY Buffalo) is a public university, public research university in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United States. ...

, a public research university in New York *

Buffalo State College The State University of New York Buffalo State University (colloquially referred to as Buffalo State University, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo State, or simply Buff State) is a public college, public university in Buffalo, New York. It is part of ...

, a public college in Buffalo, New York

Sport

Baseball

Northern Territory Buffaloes Northern Territory Buffaloes was a baseball team from the Northern Territory that competed in the Australian national Claxton Shield competition from 1981 until 1988. The Buffaloes enjoyed little success during its eight-year admittance winning ...

, a defunct Australian baseball team *

Orix Buffaloes The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture ...

, a 2004–present Japanese baseball team *

Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes The were a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team based in Osaka, Japan, which was in the Pacific League. In 2005 the team was merged with the Orix BlueWave to become the team now known as the Orix Buffaloes. The team played in Fujiidera Stadi ...

, a 1950–2004 Japanese baseball team *

Buffalo Bisons The Buffalo Bisons (known colloquially as the Herd) are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. Located in Buffalo, New York, the team plays their home games at Sahlen Fiel ...

, a professional minor league baseball team based in Buffalo, New York

Football

Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East div ...

, a National Football League team * Darwin Buffaloes, an Australian rules football team * Green Buffaloes F.C., a Zambian football team * K.A.A. Gent, a Belgian association football team * South Africa national Australian rules football team, nicknamed the Buffaloes

Hockey

Buffalo Sabres The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Con ...

, a National Hockey League team *

Basingstoke Buffalo The Basingstoke Buffalo is an English ice hockey team from Basingstoke, Hampshire. The team plays in the NIHL 2 South West division, at the Planet Ice Silverdome. The Buffalo is the second senior team in Basingstoke behind the Basingstoke Bison ...

, an English ice hockey team *

Calgary Buffaloes The Calgary Centennials were a junior ice hockey team that played in the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) from 1966–1977. They played in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the Stampede Corral. History A charter member of the Canadian Major Junio ...

, a 1966–67 Western Canada Junior Hockey League team * Calgary Buffaloes (AJHL), a 1963–1966 Alberta Junior Hockey League team

Other uses in sport

Colorado Buffaloes The Colorado Buffaloes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Colorado Boulder. The university sponsors 16 varsity sports teams. Both the men's and women's teams are called the Buffaloes (Buffs for short) or, rarely, the Golden ...

, the athletic teams of the University of Colorado Boulder * Manitoba Buffalo, a Canadian rugby union team * Milligan College Buffaloes, the athletic teams for Milligan College * Vélodrome Buffalo and Stade Buffalo, cycling tracks in Paris *

Buffalo Bulls The Buffalo Bulls are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University at Buffalo (UB) in Buffalo, New York. The Bulls compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level as a member of Mid-Ame ...

, the athletic teams of the University at Buffalo

Technology

* Buffalo Inc., a Japanese technology company * Buffalo AirStation, a line of wireless LAN equipment * Buffalo network-attached storage series * BUFFALO, the bootloader for the

Freescale 68HC11 The 68HC11 (also abbreviated as 6811 or HC11) is an 8-bit microcontroller family introduced by Motorola Semiconductor in 1984 (later from Freescale then NXP). It descended from the Motorola 6800 microprocessor by way of the 6801. The 68HC11 d ...

microcontroller family

Transportation

Air

Buffalo Airways Buffalo Airways is a family-run airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, established in 1970. Buffalo Airways was launched by Bob Gauchie and later sold to one of his pilots, Joe McBryan (aka "Buffalo Joe"). It operates char ...

, a Canadian airline *

de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo is a short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility transport turboprop aircraft developed from the earlier piston-powered De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou, DHC-4 Caribou. The aircraft has extraordinary STOL pe ...

, a 1965–1972 Canadian turboprop aircraft

Land

* Buffalo (1901 automobile), a 1900–1902 American car * Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company, a 1912–1915 American car company * GM Buffalo bus *

South Devon Railway Buffalo class The ten Buffalo class locomotives were broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required. These loc ...

, a class of locomotives * GWR 1076 Class, a class of locomotives often referred to as the "Buffalo Class"

Other uses

* Buffalo (footwear), a clothing brand *

Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) is one of the largest fraternal movements in the United Kingdom, The order started in 1822 and has since spread throughout the former British Empire and elsewhere in the world. It is known as the ...

, a fraternal organisation *

Pistol-whipping Pistol-whipping or buffaloing is the act of using a handgun as a blunt weapon, wielding it as an improvised club. Such a practice dates to the time of muzzle loaders, which were brandished in such fashion in close-quarters combat once the wea ...

, or "buffaloing", using a handgun as a blunt weapon