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Old 11-22-2012, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mpholland View Post
Was there a mammoth version of the bison?
Yes, there was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Bison

There is also a European species, the wisent, that still exists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bison

Then there's a Canadian subspecies of bison called the wood bison.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Bison

Both it and the wisent are larger than the American plains bison.

John
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