#0083 · 🦊 mammals

American Bison

🇳🇱 Bizon ·Bos bison

NTnear threatened 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Kathlin Simpkins · CC0
2. © Craig Bennett · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © cobal · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Enrique Perez Carrillo · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Chris Camarote · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Levi F. C. Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Kellie Uyeda · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © hollyyoung · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

: bison ), commonly known as the American buffalo , or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison that is endemic to North America. It is one of two extant species of bison, along with the European bison. Its historical range circa 9000 BC is referred to as the great bison belt, a tract of rich grassland spanning from Alaska south to the Gulf of Mexico,...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 34,600iNaturalist observations
weight 1.3 tadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
34,600 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Can weigh about 1 tonnes: as much as 1 cars.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).