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MAMMALIA. 



UNGULATA. 



UNGULATA. 



BUFFALO, OR AMERICAN BISON. 



Bif<(>}i cniicrictuius. 

 French : Bison. German : Biiffel. 



The Buffalo, so well known and so abundant some 

 twenty to thirty years ago, is now hardly more numerous 

 than the European type (Bison }><)nafiiis). This latter, 

 misnamed the Aurochs, is now confined to a few forests 

 in Lithuania, one herd at Bielostock in Poland, and a 

 few are still seen in a wild state in the Caucasus, and 

 perhaps in the Urals. It is very similar to the American 

 Bison, but is decidedly taller and larger. 



The total quantity is not reckoned at more than 400. 

 The American Bison is reduced to a few scattered herds 



