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Definition of Bison Americanus

Bison Americanus
Bison Bi"son (b[imac]"s[o^]n; 277), n. [L. bison, Gr. bi`swn, a wild ox; akin to OHG. wisunt, wisant, G. wisent, AS. wesend, Icel. v[=i]sundr: cf. F. bison.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The aurochs or European bison. (b) The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers.

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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...
- The wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) or mountain bison (often called the wood buffalo or mountain buffalo), is a distinct northern subspecies or ecotype...
- A bison (pl.: bison) is a large bovine in the genus Bison (Gr****: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe Bovini. Two extant and numerous extinct species are...
- The American black bear (Ursus americ****), also known as the black bear, is a species of medium-sized bear endemic to North America. It is the continent's...
- Coues, Secretary of the Survey (ed.). History of the American Bison: bison americ****. extracted from the 9th Annual Report of the United States Geological...
- The European bison (pl.: bison) (Bison bonasus) or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent (/ˈviːzənt/ or /ˈwiːzənt/), the zubr (/ˈzuːbər/)...
- nickname: Sunflower State United States quarter dollar - buffalo (American bison) and sunflower List of Kansas-related topics Lists of United States state...
- Birds of Eastern Florida (1871) The American Bisons (1876) History of the American Bison, Bison americ**** (1877) Monographs of North American Rodentia...
- The mountain goat (Oreamnos americ****), also known as the Rocky Mountain goat, is a cloven-footed mammal that is endemic to the remote and rugged mountainous...
- been extirpated. Locations of subspecies are as follows: Lepus americ**** americ**** (Erxleben) – Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Montana,...