Bison occidentalis

Bison occidentalis
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-Holocene (~13,000-1,730 years Before Present)
Bison occidentalis skull at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Bison
Species:
†B. occidentalis
Binomial name
†Bison occidentalis
Lucas, 1898
Synonyms
  • Bison antiquus occidentalis
  • Bison bison occidentalis
  • Bison priscus occidentalis

Bison occidentalis is an extinct species of bison that lived in North America, from about 13,000 to 1,730 years ago, spanning the end of the Pleistocene to the Holocene.

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