Hunting by male lions: ecological influences and socioecological implications
The main prey species of all male group types, but particularly nonterritorial males, was buffalo. By contrast, females preyed more frequently on the most abundant medium-sized ungulates, such as wildebeest,Connochaetes taurinus, and zebra,Equus burchelli.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347298908843
Fair enough, I was thinking of bison, not true buffalo. That’s on me.
I had the same thought myself when I first read it. :-)