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a wisent The European bison stands in the natural park of the Maashorst, Netherlands

Landscape aerial view. Sunset and lens flare.

Breed back Aurochs into existence - Bos primigenius - in Czech republic

Wild european bisons in the forest at Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Belarus.

European bison, Białowieża National Park.

Herd of brown cows on pasture in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Bull on the lawn, aurochs on the meadow, grazing cattle on the pasture, landscape with cattle, impaler on the pasture and trees in the background, pretty young Bos primigenius

black scottish highlanders in spring meadow

Endangered bison population in Europe, filmed in a nature reserve in Germany

European bison (Bison bonasus) in summer

Two red calves living freely out in the fields all summer long. They're among the many beef cattle used for grazing at Kalvebod Fælled, a large public parkland with horses, sheep, cows, and a rich birdlife, located just 20 minutes from Copenhagen's City Hall Square.

$Two fighting Wisents (also called European Bisons Bison bonasus) in the area of Bialowieza National Park, directly at the border between Poland and Belarus. \n\nThe Białowieza Forest straddles the border of the two countries and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.$

European bull in a clearing in the woods

Wild european aurochs in the forest at Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Belarus.

Cattle on the Wiede with trees in the background

Bison walk across the field, getting their own food. Autumn forest

European bison ( Wisent, Zubr) in pasture in summer

European bison (Bison bonasus) grazing in a grassland. Cabarceno Nature Park. Cantabria, Spain.

$The European bison (Bison bonasus), also known as the wisent, or the European wood bison, is a Eurasian species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the American bison. Three subspecies existed in the recent past, but only one, the nominate subspecies (B. b. bonasus), survives today. Analysis of mitochondrial genomes and nuclear DNA revealed that the wisent is theoretically the result of hybridisation between the extinct steppe bison (Bison priscus) and the ancestors of the aurochs (Bos primigenius) since their genetic material contains up to 10% aurochs DNA sequences. Alternatively, the Pleistocene woodland bison has been suggested as the ancestor to the species. \nEuropean bison were hunted to extinction in the wild in the early 20th century, with the last wild animals of the B. b. bonasus subspecies being shot in the Białowieża Forest (on the Belarus-Poland border) in 1921, and the last of B. b. caucasus in the northwestern Caucasus in 1927. B. b. hungarorum was hunted to extinction in the mid-1800s. The Białowieża or lowland European bison was kept alive in captivity, and has since been reintroduced into several countries in Europe. They are now forest-dwelling. The species has had few recent predators besides humans, with only scattered reports from the 19th century of wolf and bear predation. European bison were first scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Some later descriptions treat the European bison as conspecific with the American bison. It is not to be confused with the aurochs, the extinct ancestor of domestic cattle. \nIn 1996, the International Union for Conservation of Nature classified the European bison as an endangered species. Its status has since been changed to being a vulnerable species. In the past, especially during the Middle Ages, it was commonly killed for its hide and to produce drinking horns. \nThe European bison is a national animal of Poland and Belarus (source Wikipedia).$

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