American bison

Summary

American bison is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.0036% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,942 views/month, #7 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• American bison's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• American bison is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• American bison's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened^[5].
• American bison belongs to the parent taxon Bison^[6].
• American bison's scientific name is Bison bison^[7].
• American bison is part of buffalo^[8].
• American bison is part of bison hunting^[9].
• American bison is used for food^[10].
• American bison is used for clothing^[11].
• American bison is used for shelter^[12].
• American bison is used for physical tool^[13].
• American bison is used for blanket^[14].
• American bison is used for fuel^[15].
• American bison's Commons category is recorded as Bison bison^[16].
• American bison's color is recorded as dark brown^[17].
• American bison's color is recorded as brown^[18].
• American bison began on -10000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].
• American bison's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bison bison^[20].
• American bison's Commons gallery is recorded as Bison bison^[21].
• American bison's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• American bison's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• American bison's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[24].
• American bison's original combination is recorded as Bos bison^[25].
• American bison's taxon synonym is recorded as Bos bison^[26].
• American bison's taxon synonym is recorded as Bos americanus^[27].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, American bison is Bison bison^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Bison^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[28], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Amerikanischer Bison'}^[29], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'bizon amerykański'}^[30], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'bisonte americanu'}^[31], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'bisonte americano'}^[32], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Bison d'Amérique"}^[33].

Identifiers

American bison's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42408^[34]. American bison's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9901^[35]. American bison's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328109^[36]. American bison's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441176^[37]. American bison's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180706^[38].

Why It Matters

American bison ranks in the top 0.0036% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,942 views/month, #7 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]