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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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- The American bison (Bison bison; pl.: bison), commonly known as the American buffalo, or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species...
- 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 wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) or mountain bison (often called the wood buffalo or mountain buffalo), is a distinct northern subspecies or ecotype...
- The European bison (pl.: bison) (Bison bonasus) or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent (/ˈviːzənt/ or /ˈwiːzənt/), the zubr (/ˈzuːbər/)...
- The American black bear (Ursus americ****), or simply black bear, is a species of medium-sized bear endemic to North America. It is the continent's smallest...
- Coues, Secretary of the Survey (ed.). History of the American Bison: bison americ****. extracted from the 9th Annual Report of the United States Geological...
- Birds of Eastern Florida (1871) The American Bisons (1876) History of the American Bison, Bison americ**** (1877) Monographs of North American Rodentia...
- nickname: Sunflower State United States quarter dollar - buffalo (American bison) and sunflower List of Kansas-related topics Lists of United States state...
- overlap in winter habitat selection by moose (Alces americ****) and reintroduced bison (Bison bison)". European Journal of Wildlife Research. 64 (3): 25...
- 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...