Bison bonasus Linnaeus 1758 (bison)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Alternative combination: Bos bonasus

Synonym: Bison europaeus Owen 1849

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Bison according to O. Thomas 1911

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Allen 1877, Linnaeus 1758 and Millot 1945

Sister taxa: Bison alaskensis, Bison antiquus, Bison bison, Bison francisi, Bison latifrons, Bison palaeosinensis, Bison priscus, Bison sivalensis, Bison sylvestris

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bison bonasus in the database

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