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The American bison (Bison bison; pl.: bison), commonly known as the American buffalo, or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison that is endemic (or native) to North America. It is one of two extant species of bison, along with the European bison.
Genus Bison – H. Smith, 1827 – two species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population American bison. B. bison Linnaeus, 1758: Scattered North America: Size: 210–380 cm (83–150 in) long, plus 43–90 cm (17–35 in) tail [5]
A bison (pl.: bison) is a large bovine in the genus Bison (Greek: "wild ox" (bison) [1]) within the tribe Bovini.Two extant and numerous extinct species are recognised.. Of the two surviving species, the American bison, B. bison, found only in North America, is the more numerous.
American bison (Bison bison) including subspecies wood bison (B. b. athabascae) the 20th century CE (uncertain for B. b. athabascae) North America: meat, leather, hides, fiber, horns, guarding, pets 1b Bovidae: Companion parrots (Psittaciformes; various species and subspecies) [79] [80] the 1980s and 1990s
This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region, whether resident or as migrants. This article does not include species found only in captivity.
Not to be confused with the buffalo that are native to Asia and Africa, the American bison is the largest mammal on the continent. Males can weigh up to 2,000 pounds and stand six feet tall.
In any event, a wild white buffalo is exquisitely rare — maybe even unheard of in Yellowstone, one of the last sanctuaries for free-roaming American bison. The animals once numbered in the tens ...
The American bison (Bison bison) is a North American species of bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo. These bison once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds; their range roughly formed a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada's far northwest, south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo León, and ...