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  2. 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]

  3. Bison - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Wood bison - Wikipedia

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    Bull at Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. The wood bison is potentially more primitive in phenotype than the plains bison (Bison bison bison), while the latter probably evolved from a mixing of Bison occidentalis and Bison antiquus. [15] It is unclear whether today's animals preserve the original phenotypes existing prior to the 1920s. [15]

  5. European bison - Wikipedia

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    The European bison is the heaviest wild land animal in Europe, and individuals in the past may have been even larger than their modern-day descendants. During late antiquity and the Middle Ages , bison became extinct in much of Europe and Asia , surviving into the 20th century only in northern-central Europe and the northern Caucasus Mountains .

  6. Gaur - Wikipedia

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    The cow is considerably lighter in colour than the bull. Her horns are more slender and upright, with more inward curvature, and the frontal ridge is scarcely perceptible. In young animals, the horns are smooth and polished. In old bulls they are rugged and dented at the base. [15] Albino gaur or Manjampatti white bison in Chinnar Wildlife ...

  7. List of heaviest land mammals - Wikipedia

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    The heaviest land mammal is the African bush elephant, which has a weight of up to 10.1 t (11.1 short tons).It measures 10–13 ft at the shoulder and consumes around 230 kg (500 lb) of vegetation a day.

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  9. Plains bison - Wikipedia

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    Besides using the meat, fat, and organs for food, plains tribes have traditionally created a wide variety of tools and items from bison. These include arrow points, awls, beads, berry pounders, hide scrapers, hoes, needles from bones, spoons from the horns, bow strings and thread from the sinew, waterproof containers from the bladder, paint brushes from the tail and bones with intact marrow ...