They may restrict grazing to dawn, dusk, and nighttime in disturbed areas. Grazing peaks occur between 06:00 and 10:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00 h nocturnal grazing mostly occurs from 20:00 to 03:30 h.
65-85% of a 24-hour period is spent grazing and ruminating.Cape buffalo are both diurnal and nocturnal little is known about forest buffalo.
