European Bison: Species o mammal
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.
| European bison | |
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| Wisent in a French wildlife reserve | |
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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) | |
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