wood bison

subspecies of even-toed ungulate
Taxon taxon Q2336049
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wood bison

Summary

wood bison is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (972 views/month, #939 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • wood bison's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • wood bison is classified at the rank of subspecies[4].
  • wood bison belongs to the parent taxon American bison[5].
  • wood bison's scientific name is Bison bison athabascae[6].
  • wood bison's Commons category is recorded as Bison bison athabascae[7].
  • wood bison is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wood Bison'}[8].
  • wood bison is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'wood bison'}[9].

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Classification

wood bison's scientific name is Bison bison athabascae[6]. It is classified at the rank of subspecies[4]. It is classified within American bison[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wood Bison'}[8].

Identifiers

wood bison's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 123787[10]. wood bison's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 43347[11]. wood bison's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6165163[12]. wood bison's ITIS TSN is recorded as 898933[13].

Why It Matters

wood bison ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (972 views/month, #939 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . NWT Species Search. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank subspecies
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    Parent taxon American bison
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