Taxobox name Wisent European Bison status VU status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 ... 14 January 2009 ref image Bison bonasus Linnaeus 1758 .jpg image caption Wisent in a game park near ... map caption Geographic range The wisent IPAc en icon v i z n t Bison bonasus lang pl ubr , also ... animal land animal in Europe a typical Bialowie a wisent is about Convert 2.8 to 3 m ft sigfig ... shorter hair on the neck, head and forequarters, but longer tail and horns. Wisent were once hunted ... of the Bialowie a or lowland wisent. They are now forest dwelling. They have few predators besides humans , with only scattered reports from the 19th century of wolf and bear predation. Wisent were first scientifically described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. Some later descriptions treat the wisent ... ancestor of domestic cattle. In 1996 the IUCN classified the wisent as an endangered species . It has ... cf. Old Norse visundr, Old High German wisunt, cf. modern German language German Wisent . The Latin ... wisent s range encompassed all of western, central and southeastern Europe, extending to the Volga ... in the 8th century C.E.. The wisent became extinct in northern Sweden in the 11th century ... 92 871 5549 8 ref File EuropeanBisonLyd3.png left thumb Wisent skeleton Wisent survived in Eastern Europe , although they slowly had been losing their numbers there as well, for example the last wisent in Transylvania died in 1790. In Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth , in Bia owie a Forest , wisent ... wisent herds in Polish Lithuanian Ukraine until mid 17th century. Polish Lithuanian kings took measures to protect their wisent, King Sigismund II Augustus instituted the death penalty for poaching a wisent in Bialowieza in the mid 16th century. In the early 19th century the new lords of Bialowieza, List of Russian rulers Russian czars , retained old Polish Lithuanian laws protecting the wisent herd in Bialowieza. Despite these measures and others, the wisent population continued to decline over ... more details
Taxobox name Carpathian Wisent status EX status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis mammal Mammalia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae genus Bison species Wisent B. bonasus subspecies B. b. hungarorum trinomial Bison bonasus hungarorum trinomial authority Mikl s Kretzoi Kretzoi , 1946 The Carpathian Wisent Bison bonasus hungarorum was a subspecies of Wisent that inhabited the Carpathian Mountains , Moldavia and Transylvania Romania . It may also have lived in modern day Ukraine and Hungary . File Wisent Hunt on stamp Hungary 1971.jpg thumb left 200px Wisent Hunt on postage stamp of Hungary , 1971 It began to die out about a hundred years earlier than its very close cousin, the Caucasian Wisent , probably because it lived nearer to and sometimes in Central Europe . The last wild one was shot in the Transylvanian Carpathians in 1790 . In 1951 , Wisents were reintroduced into the wild, and they can still be seen however they are not yet technically wild. See also List of extinct animals of Europe Caucasian WisentWisent External links http www.petermaas.nl extinct speciesinfo carpathianbison.htm The Extinction Website Carpathian European Bison Bison bonasus hungarorum . http www.ultimateungulate.com Artiodactyla Bison bonasus.html European bison Wisent even toed ungulate stub Category Extinct mammals Category Extinct mammals of Europe Category Bison Category Mammal extinctions since 1500 eu Hungariako bisonte ... more details
About the Wisent vehicle Wisent infobox weapon name Wisent image caption origin Germany type 8x8 off road cargo truck Type selection is vehicle yes Service history service used by wars Production history designer Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles design date manufacturer unit cost production date 2008 number variants General specifications spec label weight 26t empty length part length width height diameter crew passengers Vehicle missile specifications armour primary armament secondary armament engine MAN diesel engine power 430hp pw ratio transmission ZF 7 speed automatic payload capacity suspension clearance fuel capacity vehicle range 700km speed 105km h road guidance steering The Wisent is an Eight wheel drive 8x8 armoured logistics vehicle built by Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Rheinmetall . ref cite web url http www.rheinmetall defence.com index.php?fid 4328&lang 3 accessdate 2010 10 17 title Rheinmetall Defence Wisent ref It is designed to be airliftable by the Airbus A400M . It can be fitted with various different modules, for cargo carrying, medical use, troop transport, and so on. ref cite web url http www.military today.com apc wisent.htm accessdate 2010 10 17 title Rheinmetall Wisent Armored Transport Vehicle Military Today.com date 2010 05 12 ref The Wisent can also be fitted with various weapons, including an Remote weapon system RCWS . ref cite web url http www.janes.com articles Janes Armour and Artillery Rheinmetall Landsysteme Wisent Armoured Vehicle Demonstrator Germany.html accessdate 2010 10 17 title Rheinmetall Landsysteme Wisent Armoured Vehicle Demonstrator Germany Jane s Armour and Artillery ref References reflist Category Modern military vehicles Category Military trucks Category Rheinmetall Category MAN SE Category Armoured personnel carriers ... more details
Infobox Beverage name Wisent image type Vodka Flavoured Vodka manufacturer Polmos a cut origin a cut , Poland introduced ? discontinued proof related List of vodkas variants Wisent is flavoured vodka produced by Polmos a cut in Poland containing the bison grass. According to its producer it is natural, using herbs and stimulating energy. It contains 40 alcohol by volume. See also ubr wka External links http www.polmoslancut.com.pl Polmos a cut Category Vodkas drink stub ... more details
Refimprove date February 2009 No footnotes date February 2009 Taxobox name Caucasian Wisent status EX status system iucn2.3 extinct 1927 image CaucasianBison Demidoff1898.png image width 250px image caption An image of a killed Caucasian Bison from E. Demidoff s book Hunting Trips in The Caucasus 1889 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae genus Bison species Wisent B. bonasus subspecies B. b. caucasicus trinomial Bison bonasus caucasicus trinomial authority Turkin et Satunin , 1904 The Caucasian Wisent Bison bonasus caucasicus was a subspecies of Wisent that inhabited the Caucasus Mountains of Eastern Europe . It was hunted by the Caspian Tiger and the Asiatic Lion until 10th century in the Caucasus , as well as other predators such as wolves and bear s. Decline and extinction In the 17th century, the Caucasian wisent still populated a large area of the Western Caucasus . After that human settlement in the mountains intensified and the range of the Caucasian wisent became reduced to about one tenth of its original range at the end of the 19th century. In the 1860s the population numbered still about 2000, but was reduced to only 500 600 in 1917, and only 50 in 1921. ref name Lidia Lidia V. Zablotskaya, Mikhail A. Zablotsky and Marina M. Zablotskaya, Origin of the hybrids of North American and European bison in the Caucasus Mountains. Text presented in Russian at 2nd Conference of Bison Specialist Group, SSC IUCN in Sochi, on 26 30 September 1988, and translated into English in 1990, but never published. ref Local poaching ... wisent pedigree book. ref name Puzek Wisent reintroductions in the Caucasus In 1940, a group of wisent ... Forestry Game Management Unit Kabardino Balkariya . Later some pure blood wisent of the Lowland ... Carpathian WisentWisent External links http www.petermaas.nl extinct speciesinfo caucasianbison.htm ... Artiodactyla Bison bonasus.html European bison Wisent References reflist Category Bison ... more details
wisent became extinct in the late Pleistocene , as it was replaced in Europe by the modern wisent ... Bovine Species. Has Wisent a Hybrid Origin? ref The steppe wisent was over two metres tall and resembled ... over half a metre long. Steppe wisent occasionally appear in cave art . References Reflist Commons category ... more details
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Orphan date February 2009 The Society for the Protection of the European Bison SPEB was founded in 1922 by scientists from Poland , Germany , the UK , and Sweden . ref http www.panda.org about wwf where we work europe where latvia lake pape about bison index.cfm WWF Lake Pape Bison ref The charity s aims were to conserve and repopulate the European bison, or wisent , that was then on the brink of extinct ion. After the last wild wisent was killed in 1927, SPEB reintroduced wisents from collections in zoo s back into the wild in the Bialowieza Forest of Poland, where they still exist, as critically endangered species . References reflist charity stub Category Animal welfare organizations Category 1922 establishments ... more details
Zubr can refer to ubr or Zubr, the name in several east European languages for the wisent or European bison Bison bonasus Zubr political organization a civic youth organization in Belarus Zubr a novel by Daniil Granin Zubr class LCAC a Russian hovercraft ubr beer a Polish brand of beer Zubr a village near Daugavpils in modern Latvia LWS 6 ubr a Polish aircraft AMZ ubr a Polish armored car disambig de Zubr fr Zubr ru ... more details
would crossbreed with the endangered wild wisent, genetic pollution contaminating their gene pool ... Females are fertile and can be crossbred with either parent species, i.e. with cattle or wisent ... more details
Infobox family name name image image size caption pronunciation meaning Lang ru zubr also Lang uk , zubr , Lang be zubr , lang cs zubr , lang pl ubr , lang bg , lang sr , lang sk zubor , lang sl zober , lang ro zimbru means Wisent wisent, aka European bison br Wikt zubr founder region Russia chief nationality language Russian related names clans footnotes Zubrin lang ru , lang uk Tepoxalin Robert Zubrin born 1952 , an American aerospace engineer and author Vladimir V. Zubrin Vladimir Viktorovich Zubrin lang ru See also Related toponyms Zubra lang pl Zubrza Ukrainian toponym ref uk uk ref Z bra Slovak toponyms Zub Czech toponym Zubrzyk Polish toponym Reflist surname Zubrin, f. Zubrina Category Russian language surnames surname stub ru ... more details
There is a list of extinct animals of Caucasus . Globally extinct species Mammals Aurochs , Bostaurus primigenius primigenius Unknown date Tarpan , Equus cabalus gmelinni Unknown date Caucasian Moose , Alces alces caucasicus 1810 Caucasian Wisent , Bison bonasus caucasicus 1927 Caspian Tiger , Panthera tigris virgata 1932 Locally extinct species Asiatic Lion , Panthera leo persica 10th century See also List of extinct animals of Europe List of extinct animals of Asia List of extinct animals of Catalonia List of extinct animals of the Netherlands Category Extinct animals of Europe Caucasus Category Lists of extinct animals by region Caucasus ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image Heinz heck gedenkstein.jpg right 200px Heinz Heck 22 January 1894 &ndash 5 March 1982 was a Germany German biologist and director of zoo in Munich Tierpark Hellabrunn in German . Heck worked on the breeding back projects of the Heck Horse , which strove to recreate the Tarpan True European Wild Horse, ancestor of all European domestic horse breeds , and the Heck Cattle , which was to recreate the aurochs , both of which are extinct. His work, as well as that of his brother, Lutz Heck , has been criticised on grounds that once an animal is extinct, it cannot re exist. This is contrary to Heck s view, which is that while genes still existed in an animal, it could still be recreated. He was born in Berlin and died in Munich . Heck also was critical in saving the Wisent from extinction when the majority of its population of about 90 survived in captivity in Germany following great losses to the species during World War I. Thanks to Heck s efforts, the Wison population has significantly increased and the species is being re released into the wild. See also Lutz Heck Heck cattle Heck horse Wisent Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Heck, Heinz ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 22 January 1894 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 5 March 1982 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Heck, Heinz Category German zoologists Category German biologists Category Zookeepers Category 1894 births Category 1982 deaths Germany zoologist stub de Heinz Heck et Heinz Heck ... more details
bison left and American bison right The American bison and the European wisent are good swimmers and are the largest ... DNA indicated that four distinct maternal lineages in tribe Bovini taurine cattle and zebu , wisent ... wisent and American bison. ref http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed 14739241 Maternal and Paternal Lineages in Cross Breeding Bovine Species. Has Wisent a Hybrid Origin? , Edward L. C. Verkaar, Isa c ... showed a close association of wisent and American bison and probably with yak but noted that the interbreeding ..., Beefalo . Wisent American bison hybrids were briefly experimented with in Germany and found ... wisent crossbreeds Zubron are maintained in Poland. First generation crosses do not occur naturally ... African Buffalo Great bison belt Wisent References CanJEarthSci45 827. reflist External links commons ... more details
Wisent in Belovezhskaya Pushcha location Hrodna Voblast Hrodna and Brest Voblast Brest Regions of Belarus ... is home to 800 wisent , the continent s heaviest land animals. ref name climch cite news first Gabriela ... 2008 ref A security fence keeps the wisent herds physically and genetically separated. Belarusian ... facilities and a zoo where wisent reintroduced into the park in 1929 , konik a semi wild horse ... by King Sigismund I the Old instituted the death penalty for poaching a wisent European bison . King ... forest. The forest was declared a hunting reserve in 1541 for the protection of wisent. In 1557 ... were able to enter the forest, as all protection was abolished. Following this, the number of wisent ..., and by the 1830s there were 700 wisent. However, most of the foresters 500 out of 502 took part ... of wisent must be re established. Following his orders, locals killed all predator s wolf wolves ... again the forest became a royal hunting reserve. The tsars started sending wisent as gifts to various ... were built, in Hajn wka and Bia owie a and Gr dek. Up to 25 September 1915 at least 200 wisent ... army. The last wisent had been killed just a month earlier. Thousands of deer and wild ... 1. Warszawa Pa stwowa Rada Ochrony Przyrody. ref In 1923 it was discovered that only 54 wisent ... herd of four wisent was bought by the Polish state from various zoos and from the Western Caucasus where the wisent was to become extinct just several years afterwards these animals were of the slightly ... proved successful and in 1939 there were 16 wisent in Bia owie a National Park. Two of them were from the zoo in Pszczyna and were descendants of a pair of wisent from the forest given ... Western Caucasus , the largest wisent habitat References Reflist colwidth 30em External links commons ... more details
The Bonnacon also called the Bonacon or the Bonasus is a mythology myth ical animal from Asia . It has curled horn anatomy horn s and emits burning faeces dung . The legend may be based on a type of bison in reality. A supposed representation of it appears on the Coat of Arms belonging to the Hollingshead Family, possibly alluding to a legendary confrontation between one of their ancestors and this beast. The animal was described by Pliny the Elder Pliny in his Naturalis Historia There are reports of a wild animal in Paionia called the Wisent bonasus , which has the mane of a horse , but in all other respects resembles a bull its horns are curved back in such a manner as to be of no use for fighting, and it is said that because of this it saves itself by running away, meanwhile emitting a trail of dung that sometimes covers a distance of as much as three furlong s 604 m , contact with which scorches pursuers like a sort of fire . ref Book 8, 16 ref The Bonnacon is also mentioned in The Aberdeen Bestiary . http www.abdn.ac.uk bestiary translat 12r.hti References references External links http bestiary.ca beasts beast80.htm Bonnacon at The Medieval Bestiary Category Legendary mammals Category Cryptids fr Bonnacon it Bonnacon nl Bonnacon ru ja sv Bonnacon ... more details
Bor s Djurpark is the famous zoo in Bor s , Sweden near the mall Knalleland . It has about 500 animals of 80 different species. The zoo was founded in 1962 by Sigvard Berggren. List of animals Lion Siberian Tiger Cheetah African Wild Dog Brown Bear Gray Wolf Lynx Wolverine Raccoon African Bush Elephant White Rhinoceros Giraffe Common Eland Trumpeter Hornbill Greater Flamingo Egyptian Goose African Buffalo Grant s Zebra Ostrich Blesbuck Helmeted Guineafowl Common Chimpanzee Bornean Orangutan Celebes Crested Macaque Lar Gibbon Cottontop Tamarin Banded Mongoose Royal Python Moose Finnish Forest Reindeer Wisent Bongo antelope Brown Fur Seal Gray Seal Humboldt Penguin Indian Peafowl Also some Farm animals , such as cow,horse, sheep ,goat, duck and pig. See also Bor s List of zoos External links http www.borasdjurpark.se en Bor s Djurpark external Zoos coord 57 44 29 N 12 56 57 E type landmark region SE display title Category Zoos in Sweden Category Bor s Sweden struct stub zoo stub ca Bor s djurpark pt Jardim Zool gico de Bor s sv Bor s djurpark ... more details
Taxobox name Bovini image Water buffalo bathing.jpg image width 240px image caption Water Buffalo regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae subfamilia Bovinae tribus Bovini tribus authority John Edward Gray Gray , 1821 subdivision ranks Genus Genera subdivision Bison br Bos br Bubalus br Pseudoryx br Syncerus The Bovini tribe is made up of large to very large grazers, including large animals of great economic significance to humans in Domestic Cattle , Domestic buffalo , and the Yak , as well as smaller Asian relatives, and large free roaming bovids in the African Buffalo and the American Bison . Evolution The closest relations to this tribe are the Boselaphini and Strepsicerotini Tragelaphini tribes. The common ancestor of all the Bovini species appears to have lived about 5 8 million years ago. The first clade to diverge was the buffalo clade Bubalus and Syncerus species . This was followed by the banteng gaur mithan clade and the domestic cattle clade. A fourth clade leading to the bison and yak species may also exist. ref name Maceachern2009 Maceachern S., McEwan J., Goddard M. 2009 http www.biomedcentral.com 1471 2164 10 177 abstract Phylogenetic reconstruction and the identification of ancient polymorphism in the Bovini tribe Bovidae, Bovinae . BMC Genomics 10 1 177 ref Taxonomy Family Bovidae Sub Family Bovinae Tribe Bovini Genus Bubalus Water Buffalo , Bubalus bubalis Lowland Anoa , Bubalus depressicornis Mountain Anoa , Bubalus quarlesi Tamaraw , Bubalus mindorensis Genus Bos Aurochs , Bos primigenius extinct Bos javanicus Banteng , Bos javanicus Gaur , Bos gaurus Gayal , Bos frontalis domestic gaur Yak , Bos mutus Domestic Cattle , Bos taurus increasingly considered a subspecies of Bos primigenius Zebu , Bos indicus Kouprey , Bos sauveli Genus Pseudoryx Saola , Pseudoryx nghetinhensis Genus Syncerus African Buffalo , Syncerus caffer Genus Bison American Bison , Bison bison Wisent , Bison bonasus Steppe Wi ... more details
Image Zubron2.jpg thumbnail 300px right ubro are hybrids of domestic cattle and wisent s. A bovid hybrid is a Hybrid biology hybrid of two different members of the bovid family. Bison Domestic cattle hybrids American bison bulls American buffalo have been crossed with domestic cattle to produce beefalo and cattalo . These are variable in type and colour, depending on the breed of cattle used e.g. Hereford cattle Hereford s and Charolais cattle Charolais beef cattle , Holstein cattle Holsteins dairy or Brahman cattle Brahman humped cattle . Generally, they are horned with heavy set forequarters, sloping backs and lighter hindquarters. Beefalo have been back crossed to bison and to domestic cattle some of these resemble pied bison with smooth coats and a maned hump. The aim is to produce high protein, low fat and low cholesterol beef on animals which have less hump and more rump . Although bison bull domestic cow crossings are more usual, domestic bull bison cow crossings have a lower infant mortality rate cow immune systems can reject hybrid calves . Modern beefalo include fertile bulls, making the beefalo a variety of improved cattle with a dash of bison. There were suggestions of crossing the beefalo to Cape buffalo , although this idea essentially ended when the Cape buffalo was found to have 52 chromosomes instead of 60 as in cattle and bison , meaning that the hybrid s success would be unlikely. Bull and cow cattalos are reported in Wonders of Animal Life edited by J A Hammerton 1930 . European bison Wisent have been crossed with domestic cattle to produce the zubron . These were ... Park . First generation hybrid males are sterile, but females may be crossed back to either a wisent ... . Intra specific bison hybrids The American bison and European bison wisent have been hybridized. This was originally done in a mid 20th century program to reinvigorate the declining wisent population. Modern herd keep hybrids well isolated from pure wisent. A herd of hybrid plains bison x wood ... more details
File Niepo C5 82omice Forest.jpg thumb Niepolomice Forest File Wisent.jpg thumb Polish wisent ubr File Zwijntje.JPG thumb Wild Boar Wild boar lang pl Dzik Niepo omice Forest lang pl Puszcza Niepo omicka is a large forest complex in western part of Sandomierz Basin , about 20 km east of Krak w , Poland . ref name ES Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, http www.pjoes.com pdf 12.2 239 244.pdf Niepo omice Forest Southern Poland Changes during 30 Years Vol. 12, No. 2 2003 , 239 244 pdf file . ref It occupies an area between Vistula and Raba River Raba rivers. Niepo omice Forest is made up of a few protected areas which used to constitute a single virgin forest. The main complex covers about convert 110 km2 sqmi 0 abbr on . It is situated between the towns of Niepo omice , Baczk w , Krzy anowice and Mikluszowice . The name Niepo omice derives from the Old Polish Language word niepo omny which meant impassable , or impossible to destroy or conquer. Description The forest consists of six nature reserve s with the total area of 94.43 hectare s. The biggest reserve, called Gibiel 29.79 Hectare ha , covers the area with the most diverse flora and fauna, featuring 175 species of birds as well as European bison , deer , wild boar , wolve s, lynx , and wild cats . ref name PN pl icon http przyroda.polska.pl regiony podkarpacie pln puszcza npl opis.htm Puszcza Niepo omicka. Charakterystyka obszaru at Polska.pl ref The next reserve called Lip wka 25.73 ha features 200 year old nature monument s mainly lime trees, oaks and hornbeam s. Slightly smaller D ugosz Kr lewski Reserve, with an area ... wisent ubr , the heaviest surviving land animal in Europe . ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors Olech ... Polish kings hunting for bear , the aurochs extinct since 1627, pictured , wisent, and other ... toward the perimeter of the wisent reserve however, the reserve is not accessible to visitors. ref ... O rodek Hodowli ubra Wisent reserve and http niepolomice.krakow.lasy.gov.pl main.php?muid ... more details
, the wild boar and the wisent . It is unlikely that elk will be introduced, Why date March 2011 but there is hope for wisent as it fills a different niche from cattle. There is a chance that the wild ... more details
This article concerns the World Heritage Site. For other meanings, see Caucasus disambiguation and Caucasia disambiguation . Image Krasnaya Polyana 02.jpg thumb 275px The Western Caucasus as seen from Krasnaya Polyana . The Western Caucasus is a western region of Caucasus from the Black Sea to Mount Elbrus . It includes a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site situated 50 km to the north from the Russian resort of Sochi , comprising the extreme western edge of the Caucasus Mountains . As stated by the UNESCO specialists, it is the only large mountain area in Europe that has not experienced significant human impact. Its habitats are exceptionally varied for such a small area, ranging from lowland s to glacier s. File European bison on stamp Russia West Caucasus 2006.jpg thumb left World Heritade Site Western Caucasus on se tenant postage stamp s of Russia , 2006 The area contains the Caucasian State Nature Biosphere Reserve lang ru w ru , nature reserves in Russia nature reserve IUCN management category Ia ref http www.unesco.org mabdb br brdir directory biores.asp?code RUS 01&mode all Kavkazskiy Biosphere Reserve profile at UNESCO website ref set up by the Soviet government in Krasnodar Krai , Republic of Adygea Adygea and Karachay Cherkessia in 1924 to preserve some 85 m high specimens of the Nordmann Fir Abies nordmanniana , thought to be the tallest trees in Europe , and a unique forest formed by English Yew Taxus baccata and European Box Buxus sempervirens within the city of Sochi . About a third of its high mountain species of plants are recognized as endemic ecology endemic . The area also includes the Sochi National Park IUCN management category II . File MarkotkhGelendzhik14Jan2006.jpg thumb 275px The Markotkh Range , one of the westernmost offspurs of the Greater Caucasus. The Western Caucasus is also the place of origin and of reintroduction of the Caucasian Wisent . The last wild wisent in t ... more details
italictitle Taxobox status fossil image Bison antiquus p1350717.jpg image caption Bison antiquus regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae genus Bison species B. antiquus binomial Bison antiquus binomial authority Joseph Leidy Leidy , 1852 Bison antiquus , sometimes called the ancient bison , was the most common large herbivore of the North American continent for over ten thousand years, and is a direct ancestor of the living American bison . During the Pleistocene Ice Age, Steppe Wisent steppe wisent Bison priscus , migrated from Siberia into Alaska . This species then developed into the Bison latifrons long horned bison Bison latifrons which lived in North America for 3 million years. About 22,000 years ago, the long horned bison slowly died out making way for Bison antiquus . B. antiquus were abundant from 18,000 Year Symbols y and yr ya until about 10,000 Year Symbols y and yr ya , when they became extinct, along with most of the Pleistocene megafauna . B. antiquus is the most commonly recovered herbivore from the La Brea tar pits . B. antiquus was taller, had larger bones and horns and was 15 25 larger overall than modern bison. From tip to tip, the horns of B. antiquus measured approximately 3 feet nearly one meter . Image Bison antiquus p1350762.jpg thumb left Bison antiquus skull One of the best educational sites to view in situ semi fossilized skeletons of over 500 individuals of Bison antiquus is the Hudson Meng Bison Kill Hudson Meng archeological site operated by the U.S. Forest Service, convert 18 mi km northwest of Crawford, Nebraska Crawford , Nebraska . A number of paleo Indian spear and projectile points have been recovered in conjunction with the animal skeletons at the site, which is dated at approximately 9,700 to 10,000 years ago. The reason for the die off of so many animals in one compact location is still in conjecture some professionals argue it was the result of a very successful paleo Ind ... more details
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