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The European bison (Bison bonasus), kent as wisent or the European firth bison, is a Eurasie species o bison. It is ane o twa extant species o bison, alangside the American bison. Three subspecies existit in the recent past, but anerly ane survives the day. The species is stryndit frae a hybrid, a cross atween a female Aurochs, the extinct wild ancestor o modren cattle, an a male Steppe bison; the oreeginal hybrid is kent informally as the Higgs bison.[2][3]
European bison | |
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Wisent in a French wildlife reserve | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Faimily: | Bovidae |
Subfaimily: | Bovinae |
Genus: | Bison |
Species: | B. bonasus |
Binomial name | |
Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Subspecies | |
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