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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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    The Caucasian wisent (Bison bonasus caucasicus) or dombay (домбай) was a subspecies of European bison that inhabited the Caucasus Mountains of Eastern...
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  • Starting in 2014, wisents of the closely related lowland subspecies (Bison bonasus bonasus) were reintroduced into the southern Carpathians from Poland by...
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    B. b. athabascae, which was not found in the region. The European bison, B. bonasus, or wisent, or zubr, or colloquially European buffalo, is found in...
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    American bison (Bison bison) and European bison (Bison bonasus) have been hybridized with domestic cattle (Bos taurus). The wisent, or European bison, was...
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    similar habitat conditions. The steppe bison was also anatomically similar to the European bison (Bison bonasus), to the point of difficulty distinguishing...
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    artwork. Antelope Island bison herd Bison antiquus Bison bonasus Bison latifrons Bison occidentalis Bison priscus Bison hunting Bison Bovid hybrid Buffalo...
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    began to expand again in the Late Stone Age. European bison, also called wisent (Bison bonasus), faced extinction in the early 20th century. The animals...
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    American bison (Bison bison; pl.: bison), also called the American buffalo or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison native...
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  • Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Meagher, M. (1986). "Bison bison". Mammalian Species (266): 1–8. doi:10.1093/mspecies/266.1. JSTOR 3504019...
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    bison (plains bison) B. b. athabascae (wood bison) Bos bonasus (wisent or European bison) B. b. bonasus (lowland wisent) †B. b. hungarorum (Carpathian...
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    (2013). European Bison: The Nature Monograph. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 380 pages. Puzek, Z.; et al. (2002). European Bison Bison bonasus: Current State...
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    (where the bison was to become extinct just a few years later). These animals were of the slightly different Caucasian subspecies (Bison bonasus caucasicus)...
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    Retrieved September 14, 2019. Olech, W.; IUCN SSC Bison Specialist Group (2008). "Bison bonasus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T2814A9484719...
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    Gaur (redirect from Indian bison)
    water buffalo. The Hindi word गौर gaur means 'fair-skinned, fair, white'. Bison gaurus was the scientific name proposed by Charles Hamilton Smith in 1827...
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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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    wisent Bison bonasus caucasicus Turkin and Satunin, 1904 European bison (Bison bonasus) Artiodactyla 1927 Europe Carpathian wisent Bison bonasus hungarorum...
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    – Gayal Genus Bison (Hamilton-Smith, 1827) Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758) – European bison Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) – American bison Genus Bos (Linnaeus...
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  • the name in several Slavic languages for the wisent or European bison (Bison bonasus) Zubr (political organization), a civic youth organization in Belarus...
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    between the aurochs and the steppe bison (Bos priscus) occurred about 120,000 years ago; the European bison (Bos bonasus) contains up to 10% aurochs ancestry...
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    "Genome data on the extinct Bison schoetensacki establish it as a sister species of the extant European bison (Bison bonasus)". BMC Evolutionary Biology...
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    timidus). Until the Early Middle Ages, populations of the European bison (Bison bonasus) were found near the lake; this represented the easternmost range...
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    old-form url Plumb, G.; Kowalczyk, R.; Hernandez-Blanco, J.A. (2020). "Bison bonasus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T2814A45156279. doi:10...
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    hdl:10017/41389. PMID 31023897. "European Bison bonasus Through grazing, foraging, wallowing and trampling, the hefty bison boosts habitat diversification". Rewilding...
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    bison (only Bison bison in North America, and Bison bonasus in Eurasia, survived) Ancient bison (Bison antiquus) (H) Long-horned/Giant bison (Bison latifrons)...
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    on genomic evidence, the closest relatives of yaks are considered to be bison, which have historically been considered members of their own titular genus...
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    Kowalczyk, R., & Perzanowski, K. (2011). Genetic status of the European bison Bison bonasus after extinction in the wild and subsequent recovery. Mammal Review...
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    The bonnacon (also called bonasus or bonacho) is a legendary creature described as a bull with inward-curving horns and a horse-like mane. Medieval bestiaries...
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  • music of Chopin, polonaise and mazurka dances, animals such as the European bison or the white stork, apples, red poppy flowers and religious insignia of...
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    Pürg is an Estonian surname with the dual meaning of both European bison (Bison bonasus) and avidity (extreme eagerness or enthusiasm) in the Estonian language...
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