European Bison 



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Bos blson^ H. Smith, in Griffith's Aninuil Kingdom^ vol. iv. p. 398 (1827), 

 ?!ec Linn. 1766; Sundevall, A'. Sveiiska Vet. Ak.Handl. for 1844, p. 154 

 (1846) ; Bhisius, Siu/gi't/iicre Dciitschlands^ p. 492 (1857). 



Bos {Bison) bison., H. Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. v. 

 p. 373 (1827). 



Uri/s nostras, Bqjanus, Nova Acta Acad. drs. Lcop.-Car. vol. xiii. p. 413 

 (1827). 



Fig. 14. — Skull and huriis ot Bull and Cow of European Bison. From specimens shot by Mr. St. 

 George Littledale in the Caucasus. (Rowland Ward, Recordi of Big Gtuii,\) 



Bos i^Bonasus) bison, Wagner, in Schreber's Siiiiget/iiere, vol. iv. p. i;i5 

 (1844). 



Bison ciiropcrus, Owen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 126, /h'c Bos ein-opaiis, 

 Gmelin,' 1788 ; Rlitimeyer, Verb. Gcs. Basc/,sev. 2, vol. iv. p. 339 (1865), 

 Abb. sc/ncci-z. pa/. Gcs. vol. v. p. 1^9 (1878) ; Davvkins, Ea/dy Alan in 

 Britain, p. 98 (1880) ; Schiemenz, Bio/. Centra/b/att, vol. xvii. p. 479 

 (1897). 



Bison bonassits. Gray, Knoivs/cy Menagerie, p. 48 (1850), Cat. Unga/ata 

 Brit. Mas. p. 36 (1852), Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mas. p. 14 (1872). 



1 The specific name europata is generally credited to Gmelin, but his Bos europceus {Syst. Niit. vol. i. 

 p. 204, 1788) is founded on a domestic cow described some years previously by White in the Triiin. 

 Ma?ic/?fiter Lift, and Pl^il. Soc. vol. i. p. 442. 



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