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Bison
European Bison
European Bison
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Bison
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
B. antiquus
B. bison
B. bonasus
B. latifrons
B. occidentalis
B. priscus
Bison is a taxonomic genus containing six species of large even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Only two species are still extant—the American and European bisons.


Species - Contents
  • Long-horned Bison - Bison latifrons - extinct
  • Ancient Bison - Bison antiquus - extinct
  • Asian Bison - Bison occidentalis - extinct
  • Steppe Bison or Steppe Wisent - Bison priscus - extinct
  • American Bison - Bison bison
    • Plains (Prairie) Bison - Bison bison bison
    • Wood Bison - Bison bison athabascae
  • European Bison or Wisent - Bison bonasus
    • Lowland Bison - Bison bonasus bonasus
    • Caucasus Bison - Bison bonasus caucasicus - extinct
    • Hungarian (Carpathian) Bison - Bison bonasus hungarorum - extinct
A North American bison
A North American bison
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