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Bison
Smith, 1827
- bison
(mammal)
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Bovini (Tribe)
..†Adjiderebos (Genus)
..†Alephis (Genus)
..Anoa (Genus)
..Bos (Genus) - oxen
..†Brabovus (Genus)
..Bubalus (Genus) - Asiatic buffaloes
..†Bucapra (Genus)
..†Eosyncerus (Genus)
..†Epileptobos (Genus)
..†Hemibos (Genus)
..†Ioribos (Genus)
..†Leptobos (Genus)
..†Parabos (Genus)
..†Pelorovis (Genus)
..†Platybos (Genus)
..†Platycerabos (Genus)
..†Proamphibos (Genus)
..†Probison (Genus)
..†Proleptobos (Genus)
..†Protobison (Genus)
..†Simatherium (Genus)
..Syncerus (Genus) - African buffalo
..†Ugandax (Genus)
..†Urmiabos (Genus)
..†Yakopsis (Genus)
..Bison (Genus) - bison
....†Bison antiquus (Species)
....Bison bison (Species) - bison
....Bison bonasus (Species) - European bison
....†Bison latifrons (Species)
....†Bison menneri (Species)
....†Bison priscus (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C.H. Smith,
in
Griffith
et al.
, 1827) Turner, 1850
Original name
:
Smith, C.H. in Griffith, Smith & Pidgeon, 1827:373.
Subsequent rank
:
1850. Turner, 1850
: 177.
Types
Type, by original designation
:
Bison bison
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Variants
Different rank
:
Bison
(Subgenus)
Smith, 1827
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Harlanus
(Genus)
Owen, 1846
Ref:
PBDB
: 24 Oct 2017.
Synonymous name
:
Simobison
(Genus)
Hay & Cook, 1930
Ref:
PBDB
: 12 May 2018.
Synonymous name
:
Stelabison
(Genus)
Figgins, 1933
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
bizons
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
bison
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