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'Afer' may refer to:

★ Afer, an individual of the Afri tribe after which the continent of Africa is probably named

★ Afer, a roman Cognomen in reference to Africa, see list of Roman cognomina.

★ AFER, an alternate acronym for the Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon

★ Afer pigeon (''Columba unicincta'')

★ Afer ventus, another name for Lips, the Roman deity of the southwest wind. See Anemoi.

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★ A song on the 1991 Enya album ''Shepherd Moons''

★ Antonius Guilelmus Amo Afer (1703–c.1759), alternate name for Anton Wilhelm Amo, Ghanaian-German academic

★ Arnobius Afer (d. 4th century), also Arnobius the Elder, Roman rhetorician in the province of Africa

★ Domitius Afer (d. 60), Roman orator

★ Gaius Marius Victorinus Afer (4th cent.), also Gaius Marius Victorinus, Roman grammarian and rhetorician

★ Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer, father of the Roman emperor Hadrian

★ Publius Terentius Afer (d. 159 BC), Roman comic playwright better known as Terence

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Scientific names

Scientific names

:''All named because the species is native to Africa.''

★ ''Cinnyris afer'', Greater Double-collared Sunbird

★ ''Euplectes afer'', Yellow-crowned Bishop

★ ''Francolinus afer'', Red-necked Francolin

★ ''Nilaus afer'', Brubru

★ ''Orycteropus afer'', aardvark

★ ''Papyrocranus afer '', Reticulate Knifefish

★ ''Parus afer'', Southern Grey Tit, also classified as ''Melaniparus afer''

★ ''Ptilostomus afer'', piapiac

★ ''Turtur afer'', Blue-spotted Wood Dove