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  2. Wood bison - Wikipedia

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    The peak of the wood bison's shoulder hump sits anterior to the forelegs, while the plains bison's shoulder hump is located directly above the forelegs. Wood bison also have larger horn cores, darker and woollier hair and less hair on their forelegs, with smaller and more pointed beards. [7]

  3. Pleistocene rewilding - Wikipedia

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    The plains bison and the wood bison numbered in the millions during the Pleistocene and most of the Holocene, until European settlers drove them to near-extinction in the late 19th century. The plains bison has made a recovery in many regions of its former range, and is involved in several local rewilding projects across the Midwestern United ...

  4. Pleistocene Park - Wikipedia

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    [117] [118] Wet meadows in bottomlands (like the Kolyma river plain) are an important habitat for wood bison. [117] The original plans for the rewilding of Bison had called for the introduction of wood bison as an ecological proxy for the extinct steppe wisent, Bison priscus. [111] [119] These plans did not work out [120] and wisents were ...

  5. Cattle, pigs and ponies introduced to bison rewilding project

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    Visitors to West Blean and Thornden Woods, Kent, can wander among the newly-introduced grazers although the bison will still be fenced off. Cattle, pigs and ponies introduced to bison rewilding ...

  6. American bison - Wikipedia

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    Wood bison reintroduction program in Sakha Republic. Since 2006, an outherd of wood bison sent from Alberta's Elk Island National Park was established in Yakutia, Russia [61] [62] [63] as a practice of pleistocene rewilding; wood bison are the most similar to the extinct steppe bison species (Bison priscus).

  7. Bison expected to become America's national mammal - AOL

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    See wood bison restoration in Alaska: Once approved, the mighty land animal will join the country's other national symbols, the bald eagle, the oak tree, and the rose, notes the Guardian.

  8. UK's only free-roaming bison herd thriving in Kent - AOL

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    The Wilder Blean project aims to show how bison can thrive in the UK and help restore wildlife. UK's only free-roaming bison herd thriving in Kent Skip to main content

  9. Rewilding - Wikipedia

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    Rewilding is a form of ... Examples of ecosystem engineers in rewilding include beaver, elephants, bison, ... This approach followed Vera's 'wood-pasture hypothesis ...