European Bison 6 5
Bos bison, H. Smith, in Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 398 (1827),
nec Linn, ,17 6 6 ; Sundevall, K . Svenska Vet. Ak. Handl. for 1844, p. 154
(1846) ; Blasius, Säugethiere Deutschlands, p. 492 (1857).
(Bison) bison, H. Smith, in Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol. v.
P- 373, '
Urus nostras, Bojanus, Nova Acta Acad. Coes. Leop.-Car. vol. xiii. p. 4 13
(1827):,
Fig. 14..__Skull and horns of Bull and Cow of European Bison. From specimens shot by Mr. St.
GeorfefleC'.lcdäle in thc' CâuciÎMi-n■ (Rowland Ward, Recorditffli B ig G
Bos(Botiasus)bison, Wagner, in Schreber’s Sdugethiere, vol. iv. p. 515
(1844).
Bison europceus, Owen, Prlmk Z00J. Soc.^84 8, p. 126, nec Bos europceus,
Gmelin,1 1788 ; RUtimeyer, Verb. Ges. Basel, ser. 2, vol. iv. p. 339 (1865),
Abh. schweiz. pal. Ges. vol. v. p. 139 « 8 7 8 ) ; Dawkins, E arly Man in
Britain, p. 98 (1880) ; Schiemenz, Biol, Centralblatt, vol. xvii. p. 479
(18975*:
Bison bonassus, Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 48 (1850), Cat. Ungulata
Brit. Mus. p. 36 (1852!, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus, p, 14 (1872!*.-1
1 The specific name europceus is generally credited to Gmelin, but his Bos europceus (Syst. Nat. vol. i.
p. 204, 1788) is Founded on a domestic cow described some years previously by White in the Trans.
Manchester Litt. and Phil. Soc, vol. i. p. 442.
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