Bison

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{{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

Image:American bison k5680-1.jpg

See also


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