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Copyright: Elena Terletska (eleana) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 207 W: 80 N: 75] (2233)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-19
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Konica Minolta Dimage Z10
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-09-22 16:04
Viewed: 1142
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Two males bisons walking on research territory near river Gajchur.

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Bison bison
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The American Bison (Bison bison) is a bovine mammal that is the largest terrestrial mammal in North America, and one of the largest wild cattles in the world. With their huge bulk, wood bison, which are the largest subspecies in North America, are only surpassed in size by the massive Asian gaur and wild water buffalo, both of which are found mainly in India. The bison inhabited the Great Plains of the United States and Canada in massive herds, ranging from the Great Slave Lake in Canada's far north to Mexico in the south, and from eastern Oregon almost to the Atlantic Ocean, taking its subspecies into account. Its two subspecies are the Plains Bison (Bison bison bison), distinguished by its smaller size and more rounded hump, and the Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae), distinguished by its larger size and taller square hump.

The Bison is also commonly known as the American Buffalo, although it is only distantly related to either the Water Buffalo or African Buffalo.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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Hi Elena
Bisons in Zaporojie, it's somekind new...

Alex

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