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Definition of Genus bison
1. Noun. Sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo.
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Bison, American Bison, American Buffalo, Bison Bison, Buffalo, Aurochs, Bison Bonasus, Wisent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bison
Literary usage of Genus bison
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Monograph of the Genus Bos: The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and by George Vasey (1857)
"In the sub-genus Bison the tail is said to be shorter than the tail of Bubalus;
but on subjecting them to the infallible test of feet and inches, ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1889)
"There can be no question as to the reference of these specimens to the genus
Bison, and as there is no good reason for supposing tbat they are other than ..."
3. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller, United States National Museum (1912)
"Genus BISON Hamilton Smith. 1827. Bison HAMILTON SMITH, Griffith's Cuvier, Animal
Kingdom, vol. 5, p. 373. Type, Bos bison 'Bison bison bison (Linnaeus). ..."
4. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"The genus Bison comprehends two living species, one of them European, now become
very scarce and verging towards extinction ; the other American, and, ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"The genus Bison of the bovine family includes the American bison, commonly
called "buffalo," and the European aurochs (Bison ..."
6. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1905)
"Since there is frequently confusion of the two genera, Bison and Bos, the generic
characters of the former are given : GENUS Bison SMITH. ..."
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