European wood bison \ Indian Bison \ American Bison <br /> <br />* Bison <br /> <br />* Kingdom: Animalia, <br /> <br />* Phylum: Chordata, <br /> <br />* Clade: Synapsida, <br /> <br />* Class: Mammalia, <br /> <br />* Order: Artiodactyla, <br /> <br />* Family: Bovidae, <br /> <br />* Subfamily: Bovinae, <br /> <br />* Tribe: Bovini, <br /> <br />* Genus: Bison, <br /> <br />* Type: Mammal, <br /> <br />* Diet: Herbivore, <br /> <br />* Average life span in the wild: 12 to 20 years, <br /> <br />* Size: Head and body, 7 to 11.5 ft (2.1 to 3.5 m); Tail 19.75 to 23.5 in (50 to 60 cm), <br /> <br />* Weight: 930 to 2,200 lbs (422 to 998 kg), <br /> <br />* Group name: Herd. <br /> <br />** Did you know? The bison's thick, shaggy coat is so well insulated that snow can settle on its back without melting. <br /> <br />** Bison or buffalo are large, even-toed ungulates in the genus Bison within the subfamily Bovinae.Two extant and four extinct species are recognized. Of the four extinct species, three were North American: Bison antiquus, B. latifrons, and B. occidentalis. The fourth, B. priscus, ranged across steppe environments from Western Europe, through Central Asia, East Asia including Japan, <br /> <br />More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison
