Bison antiquus

Bison antiquus, sometimes called the "ancient bison", was the most common large herbivore that lived in North America during the Pleistocene for over ten thousand years, and is a direct ancestor of the living American bison.

Bison antiquus Temporal range: Pleistocene
Bison antiquus
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Genus:	Bison
Species:	B. antiquus
Binomial name
Bison antiquus Leidy, 1852[1][2]