AMERICAN BISON 269 
AMERICAN BISON (Bos americanus). 
HEIGHT at shoulder, 6 feet. WEIGHT, about 15 to 20 cwt. Adult 
bull weighed by Hornaday 1727 lbs. 
Distribution—Now nearly extinct, perhaps a few still remaining in 
the regions of the Great Slave Lake. 
Length on Circum- a - Widest : ; 
outside curve.| ference. Tip to Tip. inside. Habitat. Owner. 
20¢ 15 Ae 205 Wyoming . | Hon. F. Thellusson. 
~19 125 nee oe W. Montana. | P. Liebinger. 
18¢ 14¢ ee 162 Do. . | The late J. S. Jameson. 
—184 14 264 29 Sioux Country . | Sir Greville Smyth, Bart. 
-18 14 ne : Montana . . | F. Sauter. 
173 123 154 BNE be H.R.H. Duke of Saxe- 
Coburg and Gotha. 
174 123 ae Cr S.W. Montana Theodore Roosevelt. 
174 12 an 253 Wyoming . | Rowland Ward. 
17% 112 102 174 48s British Museum. 
162 14+ 24 hs Bighorn Mts., Moreton Frewen. 
Wyoming 
163 124 198 Hill Buffalo ae Sir Edinund G. Loder, Bart. 
164 15g 253 es Plains, Colorado Do. 
ites 148 os 19} Wyoming . | St. George Littledale. 
14 ae 124 ws North Park, Col. Ralph Vivian. 
Colorado 
133 133 173 are an G. Wrey. 
133 12 ee aa od Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
