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The wood bison (Bison bison ... Loss of functional habitat is a major ecological concern for this species due to the density-dependent nature of reproduction.
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.
Bison schoetensacki, commonly as the Pleistocene woodland bison or Pleistocene wood bison, was a species of bison that lived from the Early Pleistocene to at least the early Middle Pleistocene from western Europe to southern Siberia. [1] Its presence in the Late Pleistocene is debated. [2]
The wood bison is on the endangered species list in Canada [12] and is listed as threatened in the United States, though numerous attempts have been made by beefalo ranchers to have it entirely removed from the Endangered Species List. [13] A museum display shows the full skeleton of an adult male American bison.
A program in Alaska has been launched to reintroduce wood bison into the United States, as a herd was recently found in Canada. Up until the discovery, wood bison were declared extinct for decades.
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).
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.
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