Carpathian wisent
| Carpathian wisent | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | Bison |
| Species: | B. bonasus |
| Subspecies: | †B. b. hungarorum |
| Trinomial name | |
| †Bison bonasus hungarorum (Kretzoi, 1946) | |
The Carpathian wisent (Bison bonasus hungarorum) was a subspecies of European bison that inhabited the Carpathian Mountains, Moldavia, and Transylvania. It may also have lived in what are today Ukraine and Hungary.
It began to die out about a hundred years earlier than its very close cousin, the Caucasian wisent, probably because it lived nearer to Central Europe. The last Carpathian wisent was shot in Maramureș in 1852,[1] and the subspecies is now entirely extinct.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ http://archive.today/8T67D
- ↑ Tokarska, M.; et al. (2011). "Genetic status of the European bison Bison bonasus after extinction in the wild and subsequent recovery". Mammal Review 41 (2): 151–162. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2010.00178.x.
External links
- The Extinction Website - Carpathian European Bison - Bison bonasus hungarorum.
- European bison / Wisent
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