Bison
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- For other uses, see Bison (disambiguation).
{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Bison
| image = Зубр.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = European Bison
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Mammalia
| ordo = Artiodactyla
| familia = Bovidae
| subfamilia = Bovinae
| genus = Bison
| genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
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.
The bison is often mistakenly called buffalo, but the true buffalo is native only to Africa and Asia.
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
Image:American bison k5680-1.jpg
See also
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