bison trugging through the snow elk island national park alberta canada

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Bison trugging through the snow. Elk Island National Park Alberta Canada

Of the two surviving species the American bison B. bison found only in North America is the more numerous. Although commonly known as a buffalo in the United States and Canada it is only distantly related to the true buffalo. The North American species is composed of two subspecies the Plains bison B. b. bison and the wood bison