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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.
American bison occupy less than one percent of their historical range with fewer than 20,000 bison in conservation herds on public, tribal or private protected lands. The roughly 500,000 animals that are raised for commercial purposes are not included unless the entity is engaged in conservation efforts.
Bison once roamed across most of North America in numbers that reached into the tens of millions. [3] Before the 19th century, bison were a keystone species for the native shortgrass prairie habitat as their grazing pressure altered the food web and landscapes in ways that improve biodiversity. [4]
Map of the Trace. The Trace was created by millions of migrating bison that were numerous in the region from the Great Lakes to the Piedmont of North Carolina. [2] It was part of a greater buffalo migration route that extended from present-day Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky, through Bullitt's Lick, south of present-day Louisville, and across the Falls of the Ohio River to Indiana, then ...
The range of the American bison included eastern savanna, probably into Florida. [31] Fauna which lived in the southeastern savanna include: Plains bison (circa 1550-1880) [30] [31] [32] Bachman's sparrow [8] Brown-headed cowbird [8] Brown-headed nuthatch [8] Southeastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger niger) [8] White-tailed deer [30] Elk [30 ...
It thus has a longer history than the term "bison", which was first recorded in 1774. [12] [full citation needed] The "eastern bison" (B. b. pennsylvanicus) from the eastern United States, a junior synonym of B. b. bison [13] had been called "wood(s) bison" or "woodland bison", not referring to B. b. athabascae. [14]
Beth Lechner, CEO of Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio, far right, presents family memorabilia to Kim Manley, left, Deborah Johnson-Graham, center, and Marie Justice, that was found hidden ...
Bison antiquus is known from fossils found across North America south of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (whose southernmost extent is around the modern United States-Canada border), ranging from southern Canada (southern Alberta [8] and Ontario [10]) in the north, and Washingon State [11] and California [12] in the west, southwards to Southern Mexico [9] and eastwards to South Carolina and Florida.