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American Bison
Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Scientific synonyms

Bos bison Linnaeus, 1758 o

Other names

= American Buffalo
= Buffalo

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Type taxon of:Bison Hamilton Smith, 1827 (Bos bison Linnaeus, 1758)
IUCN category:
Near Threatened

Images

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison

Author: Achtenberg, Jesse

Bison bison - American Bison

Author: Ivan Mikšík

Bison bison - American Bison

Author: Ivan Mikšík

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison

Author: Petr Vobořil

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison

Author: Václav Hanzlík

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison

Author: Petr Adamec

Bison bison - American Bison

Author: Achtenberg, Jesse

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison

Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Bison bison athabascae - Wood Bison

Bison bison athabascae - Wood Bison

Author: Maslowski, Steve
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juvenile animal

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison, female

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Bison bison athabascae - Wood Bison

Bison bison athabascae - Wood Bison, juv. 2 months old

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Bison bison athabascae - Wood Bison

Bison bison athabascae - Wood Bison, juv. 2 weeks old

Author: Klaus Rudloff
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Taxon in country check-lists*

Canada, United States of America

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Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Fascioloides magna (Bassi, 1875), Ostertagia ostertagi (Stiles, 1892)

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Included taxa

Number of records: 2

subspecies Bison bison athabascae Rhoads, 1897 - Wood Bison

Bison bison athabascae - Wood Bison

subspecies Bison bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) - Plains Bison

Bison bison bison - Plains Bison


Links and literature

EN ARKive [/american-bison/bison-bison/]

ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 16 December 2010
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [2815]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2018
EN 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] [as Bison bison Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
EN Wikipedia Articles [American_Bison]

Wikipedia Articles [https://en.wikipedia.org]
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758)]
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