Buffalo Male Skull Replica
$459.00
The American Bison, also known as the Buffalo, once numbered in the millions across North America. The Bison was nearly hunted to extinction during the late 1800s. Due to protective legislation in the early 1900’s., wild herds made a strong comeback.
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Description
Buffalo Male Skull Replica measures 24×22.8×13.9. Buffalo Male Skull Replica is museum quality polyurethane cast. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). Made in USA. Bison bison is the scientific name. Our precise skull can be used as a teaching tool, museum buffalo skull exhibit, home décor skull, or office décor skull.
Also known as the buffalo, once numbered in the millions across North America. Bison are large, even-toed ungulates in the genus Bison within the subfamily Bovinae.
Two extant and six extinct species are recognized. Of the six extinct species, five became extinct in the Quaternary extinction event. Bison palaeosinensis evolved in the Early Pleistocene in South Asia, and was the evolutionary ancestor of B. priscus (steppe bison), which was the ancestor of all other Bison species.
From 2 million years ago to 6,000 BC, steppe bison ranged across the mammoth steppe, inhabiting Europe and northern Asia with B. schoetensacki (woodland bison), and North America with B. antiquus, B. latifrons, and B. occidentalis. The last species to go extinct, B. occidentalis, was succeeded at 3,000 BC by B. bison.
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, B. b. athabascae, which is the namesake of Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada.
While all bison species are classified in their own genus, they are sometimes bred with domestic cattle (genus Bos) and produce sometimes fertile offspring called beefalo or zubron.
The American bison and the European bison (wisent) are the largest surviving terrestrial animals in North America and Europe. They are typical artiodactyl (cloven hooved) ungulates, and are similar in appearance to other bovines such as cattle and true buffalo.
They are broad and muscular with shaggy coats of long hair. Adults grow up to 6 feet 7 inches in height and 11 ft 6 in. in length for American bison and up to 6 ft 11 in. in height 9 ft 6 in. in length for European bison.
American bison can weigh from around 880 to 2,800 pounds and European bison can weigh from 1,800 to 2,200 lb. European bison tend to be taller than American bison.
Buffalo Facts:
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Subtribe: Bovina
Genus: Bison
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Additional information
Weight | 45 lbs |
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Dimensions | 24 × 22.8 × 13.9 in |