Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Peter Grubb, 1993, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 377-414 : 400

Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:71.

TYPE LOCALITY: Bialowieza Forest, Poland .

DISTRIBUTION: Europe, originally from S Sweden south to the Pyrenees Mtns and Balkans east to R. Don and W Caucasus Mtns ( Russia), surviving in France until about 6th century, in Germany, Rumania and W Russia into 18th century and in Caucasus Mtns and Poland until early part of present century; extinct except where now reintroduced to E Poland, W Russia, and Caucasus Mtns.

STATUS: IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: arbustotundrarum, caucasicus, europaeus, hungarorum, nostras, urus.

COMMENTS: Considered conspecific with bison by Bohlken (1967) and Van Zyll de Jong (1986); but not included in B. bison by Meagher (1986). Reviewed by Flerov (1979).