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American bison

North American species of even-toed ungulates
Taxon taxon Q82728
American bison
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Facts

27 properties
Instance of
taxon
Part of
buffalo, bison hunting[5][6]
Has use
food, clothing, shelter, physical tool, blanket, fuel[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Short name
B. bison[25]
Color
dark brown, brown[13][14]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16][17][18]
Different from
Bison bonasus, aurochs, Bubalina[32][33][34]
Gestation period
+285[39]
Has characteristic
viviparity[23]
IUCN conservation status
near threatened[2]
Indigenous to
Great bison belt[37]
Litter size
+1
Longest observed lifespan
+33.5
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology
Mass
+20, +2800[35][36]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Original combination
Bos bison[19]
Parent taxon
Bison[3]
Start time
-10000-00-00T00:00:00Z[15]
Subject has role
national animal[38]
Taxon common name
American bison, American Bison, Amerikanischer Bison, bizon amerykański, bisonte americanu, bisonte americano, Bison d'Amérique[26][27][28][29][30][31]
Taxon name
Bison bison[4]
Taxon range
United States, Canada
Taxon rank
species[1]
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Taxon synonym
Bos bison, Bos americanus[20][21]
This taxon is source of
bison meat[24]
Used by
indigenous peoples of the Americas[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en prairie bison en plains buffalo en bison en American buffalo en prairie buffalo en American bison en plains bison en Bison bison ar البيسون الأمريكي ar بايسن أمريكي ar بيسون أمريكي ar بايسن ar بايسن امريكي cs Bison bison athabascae cs Bison bison cs bizon americký da Amerikansk bison da Buffalo da Bison bison da Amerikanske bison
🔖 Identifiers · 58
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85014452
GND ID
4145752-3
OpenAlex ID
C2909464037
ADW taxon ID
Bison_bison
ARKive ID (archived)
american-bison/bison-bison
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300310438
BNCF Thesaurus ID
18573
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11977017q
BioLib taxon ID
33791
CONABIO ID
184470MAMIFB501112
CalPhotos taxon ID
Bison+bison
Catalogue of Life ID
LWY6
Show all 58 identifiers +46
Czech NDOP taxon ID
107091
Dewey Decimal Classification
599.643
Dyntaxa ID
6011543
E-Fauna BC species ID
Bison bison
EASIN ID
R02039
EPPO Code
BISOBI
Encyclopedia of Life ID
328109
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/American-bison
FAO 2007 genetic resource ID
Buffalo:American Bison (eng.)
Fossilworks taxon ID
44511
Freebase ID
/m/0d6kf
GBIF taxon ID
2441176
German cattle breed ID
88
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
amerikansk_bison
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1865941
Harper's tag
american-bison
INaturalist taxon ID
208700
IRMNG ID
11059079
ITIS TSN
180706
IUCN taxon ID
2815
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
238628
Interlingual Index ID
i48286
KBpedia ID
AmericanBison
MSW ID
14200669
Maryland Biodiversity Project species ID
857
NALT ID
7151
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0020975270
NCBI taxonomy ID
9901
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007282557105171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5167891
NatureServe Explorer ID
2.101908
Observation.org taxon ID
82057
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3878140
Open Tree of Life ID
907693
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
44511
Sequenced genome URL
www.dnazoo.org
Tierstimmenarchiv ID
2699
Topic's main category
Category:Bison bison
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10638534
UMLS CUI
C1739095
UNII
CQ1SUE46N0
Vikidia article ID
fr:Bison_d'Amérique_du_Nord
WikiKids ID
Amerikaanse_bizon
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02413348-n
YSO ID
8223
Yale LUX ID
concept/5f4e1edf-b21e-47cc-8ea9-56aff88dd17e

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🔗 Connections
← Species kept 15
National Zoological Park, Hellabrunn Zoo, Toronto Zoo, Brookfield Zoo, ZooMontana, Minnesota Zoo, Queens Zoo, Oakland Zoo +7 more
Has use 6
food, clothing, physical tool, fuel, blanket, shelter
Different from 3
Bison bonasus, aurochs, Bubalina
← Different from 3
Bison bonasus, aurochs, Bubalina
← Hybrid of 3
beefalo, yakalo, Bison bison × Bison bonasus
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Part of 2
bison hunting, buffalo
Taxon range 2
United States, Canada
← Parent taxon 2
wood bison, plains bison
Color 1
brown
IUCN conservation status 1
near threatened
Instance of 1
taxon
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Parent taxon 1
Bison
Subject has role 1
national animal
Taxon rank 1
species
Used by 1
indigenous peoples of the Americas
← Has natural reservoir 1
ehrlichiosis
← Made from material 1
buffalo burger
← Main food source 1
Canis lupus baileyi
← SNARC ID 1
Russell Thorndike
← Taxon especially protected in area 1
CSKT Bison Range
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  2. [2] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. 2d ago · Landre89 · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0) → XX5167891
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  2. 2d ago · Landre89 · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 2d ago · Landre89 · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 97
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', 'bar', 'be', 'be_x_ol
    GND ID → 4145752-3
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  5. 11w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    INaturalist taxon ID → 208700
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 02413348-n
    Interlingual Index ID → i48286
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  6. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → american-bison
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: american-bison, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289913256|american bison (#289913256)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  7. 16w ago · LetmeEditit · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Audio → Bison.wav
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  8. 16w ago · LetmeEditit · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Audio → Bison.wav
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  9. 22w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
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  10. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Parent taxon → Bison
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → taxon
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|14 */ YSO ID: 8223, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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