Bison

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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

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

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