European wood bison, Indian Bison and American Bison
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2017-01-18
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European wood bison \ Indian Bison \ American Bison
* Bison
* Kingdom: Animalia,
* Phylum: Chordata,
* Clade: Synapsida,
* Class: Mammalia,
* Order: Artiodactyla,
* Family: Bovidae,
* Subfamily: Bovinae,
* Tribe: Bovini,
* Genus: Bison,
* Type: Mammal,
* Diet: Herbivore,
* Average life span in the wild: 12 to 20 years,
* Size: Head and body, 7 to 11.5 ft (2.1 to 3.5 m); Tail 19.75 to 23.5 in (50 to 60 cm),
* Weight: 930 to 2,200 lbs (422 to 998 kg),
* Group name: Herd.
** Did you know? The bison's thick, shaggy coat is so well insulated that snow can settle on its back without melting.
** Bison or buffalo are large, even-toed ungulates in the genus Bison within the subfamily Bovinae.Two extant and four extinct species are recognized. Of the four extinct species, three were North American: Bison antiquus, B. latifrons, and B. occidentalis. The fourth, B. priscus, ranged across steppe environments from Western Europe, through Central Asia, East Asia including Japan,
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison
* Bison
* Kingdom: Animalia,
* Phylum: Chordata,
* Clade: Synapsida,
* Class: Mammalia,
* Order: Artiodactyla,
* Family: Bovidae,
* Subfamily: Bovinae,
* Tribe: Bovini,
* Genus: Bison,
* Type: Mammal,
* Diet: Herbivore,
* Average life span in the wild: 12 to 20 years,
* Size: Head and body, 7 to 11.5 ft (2.1 to 3.5 m); Tail 19.75 to 23.5 in (50 to 60 cm),
* Weight: 930 to 2,200 lbs (422 to 998 kg),
* Group name: Herd.
** Did you know? The bison's thick, shaggy coat is so well insulated that snow can settle on its back without melting.
** Bison or buffalo are large, even-toed ungulates in the genus Bison within the subfamily Bovinae.Two extant and four extinct species are recognized. Of the four extinct species, three were North American: Bison antiquus, B. latifrons, and B. occidentalis. The fourth, B. priscus, ranged across steppe environments from Western Europe, through Central Asia, East Asia including Japan,
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison
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