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Bison is a taxonomic group containing six species of large even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. The American bison ( Bison bison) is a Bovine Mammal, also commonly known as the American buffalo. The wisent (ˈviːzənt or European bison ( Bison bonasus) is a Bison Species and the heaviest surviving land animal in Europe The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Near Threatened ( NT) is a Conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa which may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future although The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands The even-toed ungulates form the Mammal order Artiodactyla. They are Ungulates whose weight is borne (if they have more than two toes about A bovid is any of almost 140 species of Cloven-hoofed Mammals belonging to the family Bovidae. The biological Subfamily bovines includes a diverse group of 10 species of medium to large sized Ungulates including domestic Cattle, Bison, Water Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith ( December 26, 1776, East Flanders, Belgium – September 21, 1859, Plymouth The wisent (ˈviːzənt or European bison ( Bison bonasus) is a Bison Species and the heaviest surviving land animal in Europe In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Bison antiquus sometimes called the ancient bison, was the most common large Herbivore of the North American continent for over ten thousand years and is The American bison ( Bison bison) is a Bovine Mammal, also commonly known as the American buffalo. The wisent (ˈviːzənt or European bison ( Bison bonasus) is a Bison Species and the heaviest surviving land animal in Europe Bison latifrons is an Extinct species of Bison that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. Bison occidentalis is an Extinct species of Bison that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. The Steppe Bison or steppe wisent ( Bison priscus) was a Bison found on Steppes throughout Europe, Central Asia, The even-toed ungulates form the Mammal order Artiodactyla. They are Ungulates whose weight is borne (if they have more than two toes about The biological Subfamily bovines includes a diverse group of 10 species of medium to large sized Ungulates including domestic Cattle, Bison, Water Only two of these species still exist: the American bison (B. The American bison ( Bison bison) is a Bovine Mammal, also commonly known as the American buffalo. bison) and the European bison, or wisent (B. The wisent (ˈviːzənt or European bison ( Bison bonasus) is a Bison Species and the heaviest surviving land animal in Europe bonasus), each with two subspecies.
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Name
In American Western culture, the bison is commonly referred to as "buffalo"; however, this is a misnomer: though both bison and buffalo belong to the Bovidae family, the term "buffalo" properly applies only to the Asian water buffalo and African buffalo. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. A bovid is any of almost 140 species of Cloven-hoofed Mammals belonging to the family Bovidae. The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo ( Syncerus caffer) is a large African bovid. The gaur, a large, thick-coated ox found in Asia, is also known as the "Indian bison", although it is in the genus Bos and thus not a true bison. The gaur (ˈɡaʊɚ ( Bos gaurus, previously Bibos gauris) is a large dark-coated bovine animal of South Asia and Southeast Asia. Oxen (singular ox) are Cattle trained as draft animals. Often they are adult castrated males Bos is the Genus of wild and domestic Cattle. Bos can be divided into four subgenera: Bos, Bibos
Description
The American and European bison are the largest terrestrial mammals in North America and Europe. Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands Bison are nomadic grazers and travel in herds, except for the non-dominant bulls, which travel alone or in small groups during most of the year. Grazing generally describes a type of Predation in which an Herbivore feeds on Plants (such as Grasses, or more broadly on a multicellular A herd is a large group of animals The term is usually applied to mammals particularly Ungulates. American bison are known for living in the Great Plains. The Great Plains are the broad expanse of Prairie and Steppe which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada Both species were hunted close to extinction during the 19th and 20th centuries but have since rebounded, although the European bison is still endangered. In Biology and Ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a Species or group of taxa. An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming Extinct because it is either few in numbers or threatened by changing environmental or predation
Unlike the Asian water buffalo, bison have never been domesticated, although the American bison is kept on some farms. Domestication (from Latin domesticus) refers to the process whereby a Population of Animals
Bison live to be about 20 years old and are born without their trademark "hump" or horns. With the development of their horns, they become mature at two to three years of age, although the males continue to grow slowly to about age seven.
Adult bulls express a high degree of dominance competitiveness during mating season. Male bison fight for female bison. These fights often result in injury or death. After the bisons mate, the herd splits up into smaller herds. Calves are born nine months after mating. The mothers take care of and nurse their young for a year. "Mom" "Mum" and "Mommy" redirect here
Bison are up to 11. 5 feet (3. 5m) in length, up to 6. 5 feet (2m) in height and up to one ton in weight.
Diet
Bison have a fairly simple diet. The bison's main food is grass. Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an Grass is the common word that generally describes Monocotyledonous green Plants The family Gramineae ( Poaceae) are the "true grasses" and include Bison also eat the low lying shrubbery that is available. A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree In the winter, bison forage in the snow looking for grass. Winter is one of the four Seasons of Temperate zones Calculated astronomically, it begins on the Solstice and ends on the Equinox "Snowfall" redirects here For other uses see Snow (disambiguation or Snowfall (disambiguation. If there is little grass available, bison have to resort to eating the twigs of the shrubs and plants.
See also
Gallery
 Herd of bison grazing in Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada |
 Bison feeding - Alberta |
 Bison in winter, Alberta |
References
A bovid hybrid is a hybrid of two different members of the Bovid family The American bison ( Bison bison) is a Bovine Mammal, also commonly known as the American buffalo. The plains bison ( Bison bison bison) is one of two subspecies of the American bison. The Wood Bison or Wood Buffalo ( Bison bison athabascae) is a distinct northern Subspecies of the North American Bison. Bison antiquus sometimes called the ancient bison, was the most common large Herbivore of the North American continent for over ten thousand years and is The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo ( Syncerus caffer) is a large African bovid. Elk Island National Park of Canada, or le parc national du Canada Elk Island, is one of 42 National Parks of Canada in the Parks Canada Agency Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905Dictionary
bison
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- A wild ox, Bison bonasus.
- A similar American animal, Bison bison else Bos americanus or Bisonte americano; also called a buffalo.
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