Organisms

Bison

A genus of the family Bovidae having two species: B. bison and B. bonasus. This concept is differentiated from BUFFALOES, which refers to Bubalus arnee and Syncerus caffer.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A genus of the family Bovidae having two species: B. bison and B. bonasus. This concept is differentiated from BUFFALOES, which refers to Bubalus arnee and Syncerus caffer.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Bisons
  • Buffalo, American
  • Buffaloes, American
  • American Buffalo
  • American Buffaloes

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Aspects Covered

18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

note entry term BUFFALOES, AMERICAN: BUFFALOES is also available

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History Note

91

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Previous Indexing

  • Animal (1967-1990)
  • Artiodactyla (1973-1990)

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Tree Number

  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.649w.313w.500w.380.120w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bison. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016164. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016164
  2. Bison. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison
  3. Bison. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18099