bison
Humped prairie grazer
A bison is a large, shaggy-haired bovine with a massive head and humped shoulders.
Two species exist: the American bison, nearly exterminated in the 19th century but now partially recovered, and the smaller European bison.
American bison are sometimes called buffalo, though true buffalo are different animals found in Africa and Asia.
Frenzied mass flight
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- migrationMovement to new territory
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- plainsBroad, level grasslands
grassland · wallowing · dust bath · rutting · calves · bulls · cows · Great Plains
Species over 44 kilograms
- cave paintingsPrehistoric artwork on stone
- LascauxPaleolithic painted cavern
- AltamiraSpanish cave with paintings
- ice ageEra of massive glaciation
Pleistocene · paleolithic · fossils · hunter-gatherers · Clovis · extinction · rock art · mammoth
Rounded raised mass
- hornsBony animal projections
- shaggyLong, coarse, untidy
- coatOuter garment or layer
- hoovesUngulate foot coverings
bovine · muscular · massive · woolly · beard · mane · skull · hide
Original U.S. national park
- reintroductionAct of bringing back
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
threatened · habitat loss · hunting · overhunting · preservation · wildlife refuge · protected · species
Historic frontier territory
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- LakotaWestern Sioux people
- strengthPower to exert force
resilience · frontier · icon · spiritual · tribal · ceremony · abundance · reverence
stampede
Frenzied mass flight
plains · grassland · wallowing · dust bath · rutting · calves · bulls · cows · Great Plains · range
megafauna
Species over 44 kilograms
- cave paintingsPrehistoric artwork on stone
- LascauxPaleolithic painted cavern
- AltamiraSpanish cave with paintings
ice age · Pleistocene · paleolithic · fossils · hunter-gatherers · Clovis · extinction · rock art · mammoth · mastodon
hump
Rounded raised mass
hooves · bovine · muscular · massive · woolly · beard · mane · skull · hide · fur
Yellowstone
Original U.S. national park
- reintroductionAct of bringing back
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
endangered · threatened · habitat loss · hunting · overhunting · preservation · wildlife refuge · protected · species · culling
American West
Historic frontier territory
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- LakotaWestern Sioux people
strength · resilience · frontier · icon · spiritual · tribal · ceremony · abundance · reverence
buffalo meat
Edible cuts from bison
livestock · domesticated · farming · sustainable · protein · game meat · jerky · pemmican · low-fat · free-range
- meatsbeef, chicken, pork, ham, mutton
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- American WildernessGrand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Everglades, Rocky Mountains
- American Wildliferaccoon, bald eagle, grizzly bear, beaver, alligator
- big gameAfrican elephant, elephant, grizzly bear, brown bear, moose
- Hornedram, bull, goat, ox, ibex
bisoncattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
dairy cow · beef cattle · ox · livestock · farm animals
bisonpassenger pigeon
Extinct migratory North American dove
- bison herdsCongregations of shaggy prairie cattle
- American bisonNorth America's largest land mammal
- North American bisonLargest land mammal here
- bison burgerSandwich of bison meat
- bison huntingPursuing wild bovines for food
- bison steakMeat from wild cattle