Buffalo and Bison

any crop, buffalo, corn, elk, and fish

berries, plants, and buffalo

compare the roles of men and women in the Hopi village

Bison bison is the species name of the American Bison. Thus the Genus for this species is Bison.

Yes they can, but of course since they're land animals they're not all that proficient at it like a seal or otter is. They can and will cross rivers if they have to to get to other grazing lands.

Not totally. Like cattle, they can only see blue and yellowish hues, but not red.

The cape buffalo is not an endangered species. It is still common over most of it's range, and has shown an ability to rebuild numbers quickly, after populations were decimated by the disease rinderpest. The species is listed as of least concern by the IUCN Redlist.

Water buffalo's are Ruminant herbivores. The only thing they hunt is plants.

Wild rice shoots may be the closest they come to preying upon.

loss of habitat

Cows, sheep, horses, pronghorn antelope, gophers, elk, and some song and game birds will eat blue grama grass.

Well, technically, they are supposed to be called bison because buffalos (cape and water) live in Africa and Asia.

Yes. Bison have short tails.

Wood Bison live in boreal forest regions of Alaska, Yukon, western Northwest Territories, northeastern British Columbia, northern Alberta, and northwestern Saskatchewan.

Body language and vocalizations, just like with any other herd-orientated animal.

Yes. Beefalo is a breed of the result of breeding bison to cattle, and often is of 3/8's bison and 5/8's domestic bovine. Any mix of bison to cattle will designate it a "beefalo."

The American bison, while not a buffalo, has a head that does look like a water buffalo's, or the head of a bull of the cattle family. It has short curved horns, and a huge curly-wooly hump in its back right over the front shoulders. American bison are depicted on older United States nickel coins.

Average lifespan is 12 to 15 years.

Yes, the American Bison (the Woodland Bison in particular) is the largest native herbivore weighing in at up to 2,200 pounds. Domestically bred individuals have been recorded at 3,800 pounds. It is the largest native animal in the USA,

A buffalo soldier - a descriptive reference contrived by North American first nations people in the 1800's in reference to males of African ancestry.

because the Indians and white men hunted the buffalo's for their hides and tongue to sell in the east stores, and Indians ate the buffalo's meat tongue ribs liver and heart and brains

Cows, sheep, goats and water buffalo all give us milk.

There is a great assortment of products that we benefit from having, that generate from the milk from these animals.

It's hard to imagine a world without milk and cheese, and all the things those ingredients go into.

1980: 357,870

1990: 328,175

2000: 292,648

2004 (estimated): 282,864

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No. They are not native to the state and any that are there have been brought in by zoos or people who breed them for their meat. Buffalo meat is high in protein and low in calories.

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