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Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.72

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Artiodactyla
family
Bovidae
genus
Bison
species
Bison bison

Name

Synonyms
Bison americanus Brisson, 1762
Bison americanus pennsylvanicus Shoemaker, 1915
Bison bison athabasacae Rhoads, 1898
Bison bison athabascae Rhoads, 1898
Bison bison bison
Bison bison septemtrionalis Figgins, 1933
Bison sylvestris Hay, 1915
Bos americanus Zimmermann, 1780
Bos bison Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
American Bison in English
American Bison in English
American Bison in English
American Bison in English
American Bison in English
American bison in English
American bison in English
American bison in English
Bison in German
Bison in English
Bisonte americano in Spanish
Buffalo in English
Buffalo in English
bison in English
Бізон американський in Ukrainian
American Bison in English
bison in Norwegian Bokmål
bison in Swedish
Amerikanischer Bison in German
Bison in Latin
Bison d'Amerique in French
Bisonte Americano in Spanish
Edjere in language.
Moostoosh in Cree
Tatanka in language.
amerikansk bison in Swedish
bisonoxe in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Aronsson (2016) Exceldokument: Främmande arter grunddata.xls Skapat 2016-10-25
  2. 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. 79.
  3. Corbet, G. B., 1978: null. The Mammals of the Palaearctic Region: a taxonomic review. 1-314.
  4. McClory and Gotthardt (2008), https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/species/nonnative/invasive/pdfs/invasivespp_report.pdf
  5. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  7. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  8. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
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