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Bison bison (American bison)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Bos bison was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Bison.

It was recombined as Bison bison by Hay (1902), McClung (1905), Thomas (1911), Kurten and Anderson (1980), McDonald (1981), Hassanin and Douzery (1999) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. degiulii, B. schoetensacki, B. voigtstedtensis

Synonyms
  • Bos americanus was named by Gmelin (1788) [also attributed to Catesby 1754]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Bison americanus by Smith (1827), Knight (1849), Leidy (1852), Allen (1876) and Allen (1877); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison bison by Lucas (1899), Hay (1902), Skinner and Kaisen (1947) and McDonald (1981).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Bos bison Linnaeus
1788Bos americanus Gmelin
1827Bison americanus Smith
1849Bison americanus Knight
1852Bison americanus Leidy
1876Bison americanus Allen
1877Bison americanus Allen p. 445
1902Bison bison Hay p. 689
1905Bison bison McClung p. 159
1911Bison bison Thomas p. 154
1980Bison bison Kurten and Anderson p. 337
1981Bison bison McDonald
1999Bison bison Hassanin and Douzery p. 899
2008Bison bison Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 980 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeBoviniGray 1821
subtribeBovinaGray 1821
genusBisonHamilton-Smith 1827
speciesbison()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Bison bison Linnaeus 1758 [American bison]
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Invalid names: Bos americanus Gmelin 1788 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available