Definition of american bison American bison
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What does american bison mean?
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| american bison - large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains | ||
| American buffalo, buffalo, Bison bison | ||
| bison any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns | ||
| genus bison sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo | ||
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american bison
A wild heavy bison of the species Bison bison, having a broad massive horned head.
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The American Bison is a bovine mammal, also known as the American Buffalo, or simply Buffalo, something of a misnomer as it is only distantly related to either of the two "true buffalos": the Water Buffalo and the African Buffalo. Staples grasses and sedges.
Description.
Bison are considered a keystone species they once roamed the continent in great herds, and their grazing pressure helped shape the ecology of the Great Plains. The bisons has a large head with relatively small, curving horns. Its dark brown coat is long and shaggy on the forequarters, including the front legs, neck, and shoulders, wile the rest of the body has shorter, finer hair.
Habitat.
Bison once roamed across much of North America. Today bison are ecologically extinct throughout most of their historic range, except for a few national parks and other small wildlife areas.
