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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.
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.
Articles relating to the American bison (Bison bison), a species of bison native to North America.It is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the European bison.Its historical range, by 9000 BCE, is described as the great bison belt, a tract of rich grassland that ran from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico, east to the Atlantic Seaboard (nearly to the Atlantic tidewater in some areas), as ...
Bison grazing in Yellowstone. The conservation of bison in North America is an ongoing, diverse effort to bring American bison (Bison bison) back from the brink of extinction. Plains bison, a subspecies (Bison bison bison), are a keystone species in the North American Great Plains.
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]
Others, such as the American Bison Society, were also formed with the idea of saving the species and reintroducing them to natural range. Plains bison have since been reintroduced into a number of locations in North America. Five main foundation herds of American bison supplied animals intended to save them from extinction. [9]
Bison were once near extinction. The North American bison is an important animal for many plains tribes in the United States, and tribes like the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma play a part in that ...
Part of the Wind Cave bison herd (2003) The Wind Cave bison herd is a herd of 250–400 American bison in Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, United States.As an active participant in the conservation of American bison, it is believed to be one of only seven free-roaming and genetically pure herds on public lands in North America.