Bison

? Bison
European Bison
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Bovinae Genus: Bison Linnaeus, 1758
Species
B. antiquus B. bison B. bonasus B. latifrons B. occidentalis B. priscus

Bison is a taxonomic genus containing six species of large even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Only two species are still extant—the American and European bisons.

Species

• Long-horned Bison - Bison latifrons - extinct
• Ancient Bison - Bison antiquus - extinct
• Asian Bison - Bison occidentalis - extinct
• Steppe Bison or Steppe Wisent - Bison priscus - extinct
• American Bison - Bison bison
  • Plains (Prairie) Bison - Bison bison bison
  • Wood Bison - Bison bison athabascae
• European Bison or Wisent - Bison bonasus
  • Lowland Bison - Bison bonasus bonasus
  • Caucasus Bison - Bison bonasus caucasicus - extinct
  • Hungarian (Carpathian) Bison - Bison bonasus hungarorum - extinct