It’s easy to understand why people confuse bison and buffalo. Both are large, horned, oxlike animals of the Bovidae family. There are two kinds of bison, the American bison and the European bison, and two forms of buffalo, water buffalo and Cape buffalo.

The American bison (Bison bison; pl.: bison), commonly known as the American buffalo, or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison that is endemic (or native) to North America. It is one of two extant species of bison, along with the European bison.

2024年2月12日 · The "American buffalo" is actually a bison. So why do so many people continue to call bisons buffalo? It's likely that explorers who had never seen American bison — but were familiar with buffalo — mistakenly believed the animals were the same, and the name stuck.

South Asia is home to two types of water buffalo: Bubalus arnee in the wild, and the domesticated species, Bubalus bubalis. The American buffalo’s scientific name is Bison bison. But they...

2023年5月21日 · The American bison (also called a buffalo) is iconic, yet what do we know about them? Get to know the bison and how we're helping protect them across the U.S. Learn how The Nature Conservancy is protecting the once nearly extinct American bison across 12 preserves in the central United States.

2024年2月1日 · The iconic symbol of the plains of the American West: the buffalo…or is it? Contrary to popular belief, there are no buffalo in North America. The animal we commonly refer to as ‘buffalo’ is actually a bison!

2024年3月13日 · The large, shaggy animal of American lore isn’t a buffalo. It’s a bison. Sure, they’re distant relatives in the cloven-hoofed, grass munching Bovidae family. Yet distinct species in several ways, especially when it comes to geography.

These two (or three, depending on how you look at it) species are closer related to one another than they are to other bovids, including the American bison (Bison bison) and its European cousin the wisent (Bison bonasus).

What's the difference between Bison and Buffalo? The animal that most Americans call a buffalo is actually a bison. Buffaloes are found in Africa and South Asia, while bison roam in North and South America.

2024年8月7日 · American bison are commonly called buffalo, but the two are very different. Learn where to find each and how to tell one from the other.