American Bison Facts | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Thoughsometimescalledabuffalo,theAmericanbisonisnotrelatedtothewaterbuffaloortheAfricanbuffalo,whicharetheonlytruebuffaloesintheworld.

The American bison is a large hoofed mammal (or ungulate) that inhabits the plains of the United States and Canada.

Male bison are slightly larger than females. But both the male and female bison have a sizable head with small curved horns and a scraggly beard.

Although bison have few natural predators because of their size, wolves[1], mountain lions[2] and bears[3] do attack the very young or very old bison.

In some areas, people legally hunt bison or raise them for their meat and hides. There are, however, some protected herds that reside in national parks and reserves.

Though sometimes called a buffalo, the American bison is not related to the water buffalo or the African buffalo, which are the only true buffaloes in the world.

The American bison is more closely related to cows and goats.

Bison are herbivores, feeding on the grasses of the prairie land all year round...