Bos bison - #3990
American Bison
"Buffalo wallow"
Geographic Distribution
Formerly NW and C Canada, south through USA, to Chihuahua, Coahuila (Mexico). Exterminated in the wild except in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming (USA) and Wood Buffalo Park, Northwest Territory (Canada). Reintroduced widely within native range and in C Alaska.
Order/Family
Bovidae
Genus
Bos
Specific Epithet
bison
Image Location
USA, OK, Comanche Co., Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge
Image Date
5 June 2014
Photographer
DG Huckaby