wood bison

mammal
Also known as: Bison bison athabascae

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subspecies of American bison

  • American bison (Bison bison)
    In bison

    bison bison) and the wood bison (B. bison athabascae), though the differences between them are minor. The plains bison formerly inhabited most of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains provinces of Canada. It greatly outnumbered the wood bison, which lived in northwestern Canada…

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