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  2. Bison latifrons - Wikipedia

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    The known dimensions of the species are on average larger than any extinct and extant bovids, including both the American bison and the European bison, making it the largest known bovid. Overall, it was probably around 4.75 m (15.6 ft) in length and stood about 2.3 m (7.5 ft) or up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) [6] tall at the withers. [7]

  3. Steppe bison - Wikipedia

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    The tips of the horns were a meter apart, the horns themselves being over half a meter long. Bison priscus gigas is the largest known bison of Eurasia. This subspecies was possibly analogous to Bison latifrons, attaining similar body sizes and horns which were up to 210 centimeters (83 in) apart, and presumably favored similar habitat ...

  4. Wood bison - Wikipedia

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    Wood bison also have larger horn cores, darker and woollier hair and less hair on their forelegs, with smaller and more pointed beards. [7] Plains bison are capable of running faster, reaching up to 65 km/h (40 mph), [18] and longer than bison living in the forests and mountains. [19]

  5. European bison - Wikipedia

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    The European bison (pl.: bison) (Bison bonasus) or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent [a] (/ ˈ v iː z ə n t / or / ˈ w iː z ə n t /), the zubr [b] (/ ˈ z uː b ə r /), or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, [c] is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the American bison.

  6. People keep getting gored by bison. Experts weigh in on why ...

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    "Bison have injured more people in Yellowstone than any other animal," the press release said. In 2020, a 72-year-old woman was gored after approaching a bison multiple times to take a photo, park ...

  7. Caucasian wisent - Wikipedia

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    Compared to the extant lowland wisent, the Caucasian bison was more adapted to mountainous habitat. [2] It is thought that the Caucasian bison was generally smaller, had shorter and rounder hooves, had more developed shoulder girdles, had significantly thicker and larger horns, less shaggy coats, and curly hairs on the rear of its head. [2] [3] [4]

  8. Scientists Are Thinking About Cloning an Extinct, Mummified Bison

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  9. American bison - Wikipedia

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    The heaviest wild bull for B.b.bison ever recorded weighed 1,270 kg (2,800 lb) [34] while there had been bulls estimated to be 1,400 kg (3,000 lb). [35] B.b.athabascae is significantly larger and heavier on average than B.b.bison while the number of recorded samples for the former was limited after the rediscovery of a relatively pure herd. [23]