bison, (genus Bison), also called buffaloor wisent, either of two spesies of oxlike grazing mammals that constitute the genus Bison of the family Bovidae. The American Bison (B. bison), commonly known as the buffalo or the plains buffalo, is native to North America, and the European Bison (B. bonasus), or wisent, is native to Europe. Both species were drastically reduced in numbers by hunting and now occupy small protected areas that are tiny fractions of their former ranges.
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