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    The plains bison (Bison bison bison) is one of two subspecies/ecotypes of the American bison, the other being the wood bison (B. b. athabascae). A natural...
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    Furthermore, the plains bison has been suggested to consist of a northern plains (B. b. montanae) and a southern plains (B. b. bison) subspecies, bringing...
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    subspecies, the Plains bison, B. b. bison, and the generally more northern wood bison, B. b. athabascae. A third subspecies, the eastern bison (B. b. pennsylvanicus)...
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    Plains Indians or Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies are the Native American tribes and First Nations peoples who have historically...
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    to the economy and society of the Plains Indians peoples who inhabited the vast grasslands on the Interior Plains of North America, before the animal's...
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    The wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) or mountain bison (often called the wood buffalo or mountain buffalo), and Athabaskan bison (or Athabaskan buffalo)...
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    postglacial period. This area was important to the Plains Paleo-Indians, who around 8500 BC turned to bison hunting instead of hunting a broader range of food...
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    High Plains Bison, a retailer of natural bison meat. In addition to online and offline sales channels, High Plains Bison is the official bison vendor...
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    United States, estimated in 2020 to comprise 4,800 bison. The bison are American bison of the Plains bison subspecies. Yellowstone National Park may be the...
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    on Antelope Island are plains bison (Bison bison bison), which was the most common bison subspecies in North America, the bison have a distinct genetic...
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    Canada). The Wind Cave herd are of the Plains bison subspecies (Bison bison bison). The American bison (Bison bison) once numbered in the millions, perhaps...
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    centuries, the plains bison and wood bison in Canada were hunted by nomadic indigenous hunters and white hunters alike. By the 1880s, the bison was nearly...
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    conservation of bison in North America is an ongoing, diverse effort to bring American bison (Bison bison) back from the brink of extinction. Plains bison, a subspecies...
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    animals like bobcats and coyotes do not mess with bison. The bison are an introduced species. Plains bison were not historically resident in California, but...
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    Museum and Hall of Fame. Mary Ann is credited with saving the Southern Plains Bison from extinction. Mary Ann (Molly) Goodnight was born Mary Ann Dyer on...
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    Elk Island National Park (category Bison herds)
    Alberta, Canada, that played an important part in the conservation of the plains bison. The park is administered by the Parks Canada Agency. This "island of...
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    (2003). "Constructing the Cooper Model of Folsom Bison Kills on the Southern Plains". Great Plains Research. 13 (1): 27–41. ISSN 1052-5165. JSTOR 23804533...
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  • The animals in the Henry Mountains bison herd are of the plains bison subspecies (Bison bison bison). Yellowstone National Park may be the only location...
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    herd of hybrid plains bison (Bison bison bison) × wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) lived wild in the Yukon, Canada. The wood bison is a distinct subspecies...
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    Wood Buffalo National Park (category Bison herds)
    world's largest herd of free-roaming wood bison. They became hybridized after the introduction of plains bison. The population is currently estimated at...
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    The European bison (pl.: bison) (Bison bonasus) or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent (/ˈviːzənt/ or /ˈwiːzənt/), the zubr (/ˈzuːbər/)...
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    Buffalo jump (redirect from Bison jumps)
    or sometimes bison jump, is a cliff formation that Indigenous peoples of North America historically used to hunt and kill plains bison in mass quantities...
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    1837 Great Plains smallpox epidemic American Prairie (nature reserve) Bison hunting Dust Bowl Great American Desert Great bison belt Great Plains Art Museum...
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    division. The area is sometimes called the Lower Plains, North Central Plains, or Rolling Plains. The Osage Plains, covering west-central Missouri, the southeastern...
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    October 2018. (Numbers in park in November 2021: 15) Plains bison (Bison bison bison): Twelve yearling plains bison, nine males and three females, were acquired...
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    to raising cattle, in 1876 the Goodnights preserved a herd of native plains bison that year, which is said to survive to this day in Caprock Canyons State...
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    antiquus† Genus Bison American bison, Bison bison Wood bison, B. b. athabascae Plains bison, B. b. bison European bison, Bison bonasus Bison palaeosinensis†...
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    area referred to as the Interior Plains of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. It includes all of the Great Plains as well as the wetter, hillier land...
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    for ethnic European block settlements. This caused the collapse of the Plains Bison in western Canada and the introduction of European cattle farms and wheat...
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    Prairie dog (category Fauna of the Great Plains)
    rely on prairie dog burrows for nesting areas. Grazing species, such as plains bison, pronghorn, and mule deer, have shown a proclivity for grazing on the...
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