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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Bison, Bison Bison Athabascae, Plains Bison, Wood Bison
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Artiodactyla
()
- Owen, 1848
- Even-Toed Ungulates
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
(
- Order:
Artiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Bison americanus Brisson, 1762
- Bison bison septemtrionalis Figgins, 1933
- Bison sylvestris Hay, 1915
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Synonym: Bison americanus. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: April 22, 2004.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Bison
There are approximately 28 species in this genus:
B. alaskensis · B. alleni · B. alticornis · B. americanus · B. americanus pennsylvanicus · B. antiqus · B. antiquus · B. bison (American Buffalo) · B. bison americanus (American Bison) · B. bison athabasacae (Wood Bison) · B. bison athabasca · B. bison athabascae (Wood Bison) · B. bison bison (Bison Bison Athabascae) · B. bison haningtoni · B. bison oregonus (Oregon Bison) · B. bison pennsylvanicus · B. bison septemtrionalis · B. bonasus (European Bison) · B. bonasus bonasus · B. bonasus caucasicus (European Wood Bison) · B. bonasus x · B. crassicornis · B. ferox · B. latifrons · B. priscus · B. schoetensacki · B. sylvestris · B. voigtstedtensis
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 98.
- Animal life of the Carlsbad cavern, by Vernon Bailey Baltimore, The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1928. ENG url p. 187, p. 49.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 394, p. 494, p. 591, p. 817, p. 866.
- Catalogue of the Selous Collection of Big Game in the British Museum (Natural History). By J.G. Dollman, B.A. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1921. ENG url p. 105, p. 93.
- David Nicolson - ITIS Data Development Coordinator: According to Wilson & Ruff, eds. (1999), "Although most authorities still favor Bison, several recent reviews have advocated placing American bison in the genus Bos." Still, they retain Bison as a valid genus, and list the two subspecies (Bison bison athabascae and Bison bison bison)
- Field book of North American mammals; descriptions of every mammal known north of the Rio Grande, together with brief accounts of habits, geographical ranges, etc., by H. E. Anthony with 32 coloured plates and 175 photographs, pen-and-ink sketches and New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. ENG url p. 539.
- Hall, E. Raymond 1981. The Mammals of North America, vols. I and II, 2nd ed. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York, New York, USA. 1181.
- Handbook of mammals of Kansas / by E. Raymond Hall. Lawrence, Kansas: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1955. ENG url p. 244, p. 245.
- Mammals of America; technical editor, H. E. Anthony artists, Carl Rungius, Belmore Browne, George A. King New York, The University Society, inc.[c1917] ENG url p. 41.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas, 1946-1996. ENG url p. 144, p. 5.
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas: The University, 1971-1994. ENG url p. 29.
- Sex and internal secretions. Contributors: A. Albert [and others] Foreword by George W. Corner. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1961. ENG url p. 1373.
- The Great Basin naturalist. Provo, Utah, M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University. ENG url p. 98.
- Trematodes of the Pacific Northwest, an annotated catalog [by] Ivan Pratt [and] James E. McCauley. Corvallis, Oregon State University Press[1961] ENG url p. 107, p. 80.
- Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds. 1999. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xxv + 750. ISBN: 1-56098-845-2.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- Species At Risk Act Public Registry, Government of Canada
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2813778
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-202412
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13907719
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 202412
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: A00R
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 179970
