Another word for bison is buffalo. They are large, brown, wooly, horned mammals that live in the United States.
Bison bison is the species name of the American Bison. Thus the Genus for this species is Bison.
The Latin name for a bison is "Bison Bison"
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An American bison is a species of bison, Latin name Bison bison.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Bison bison.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Bison bison.
There are two species of Bison in the genus Bison. The American Bison is Bison bison and the European Bison is Bison bonasus.
African Buffalo- Synceros caffer Bison- Bison bison
The Binomial nomenclature for the American Bison, Bison bison, literally translates from Latin as "Aurochs aurochs," or "Ox ox."
THE BISON
A young male bison is called a bull.
A calf.