Bos bonasus - #1963
Wisent
Front view of adult male of pure Polish stock. Formerly as Bison bonasus. Also as European Bison.
Geographic Distribution
Europe, surviving in Germany, Romania and W Russia into 18th Century, in Hungary until about 1790, and in Poland until early part of 20th Century (but extinct in East Prussia, now N Poland, in 1755); extinct in the wild but now reintroduced to E Poland, W Russia.
Order/Family
Bovidae
Genus
Bos
Specific Epithet
bonasus
Image Location
Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt Zoological Garden
Image Date
ca. 1980
Photographer
CP Groves