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European Bison
Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates »  family Bovidae - cattle, antelopes, sheep and goats

Scientific synonyms

Bison europaeus
Bos bonasus Linnaeus, 1758

Other names

= Wisent

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IUCN category:Vulnerable

Images

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Author: Vladimír Motyčka

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Author: Petr Pivoňka

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Author: Václav Hanzlík

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Author: Marek Velechovský

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Author: Milan Kořínek

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Author: Milan Kořínek

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Author: Petr Vobořil

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Author: Milan Kořínek

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

Author: Milan Kořínek
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Taxon in country check-lists*

Belarus, Czech Republic†, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Bison bonasus bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758) - European Lowland Bison

Bison bonasus bonasus - European Lowland Bison

subspecies Bison bonasus caucasicus Turkin & Satunin, 1904 - Caucasian Wisent †

Bison bonasus caucasicus - Caucasian Wisent

subspecies Bison bonasus hungarorum Kretzoi, 1946 - Carpathian Wisent †

Links and literature

EN ARKive [/european-bison/bison-bonasus/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16
EN Fauna Europaea 2.4 [305222] [as Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org]
Data retrieved on: 2012/03/09
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [2814] [as Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Bison bonasus Linnaeus, 1758]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
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