European Bison

Bison bonasus · Mammal

The wisent once roamed the lowland forests of Europe from the Pyrenees to the Caucasus, grazing glades and meadows in small mixed herds that gather into larger bands in winter. A bull weighs as much as a horse and is best given room. Medieval hunters killed it for hide, meat and drinking horns until the last wild one fell in 1921.

Danger

Can wound or kill

How it is met

In herds, by day

Size

Large

In winter

Active in winter

Hear it

• Bovine Growl (On Patreon, Guardian tier)

Where it lives

Temperate Forest, Grassland

Gives

European Bison Hide, European Bison Horn

Sources

• kassondra hendricks, Bison bonasus (European bison). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2013.
• Wikipedia contributors, European bison. Wikipedia, 2026.

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