Carpathian wisent
| Carpathian wisent | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Bison |
| Species: | B. bonasus |
| Subspecies: | †B. b. hungarorum |
| Trinomial name | |
| Bison bonasus hungarorum (Kretzoi, 1946) | |
The Carpathian wisent (Bison bonasus hungarorum) was a subspecies of the European bison that inhabited the Carpathian Mountains, Moldavia and Transylvania. It may also have lived in what are today Ukraine and Hungary.
It began to die out about a hundred years earlier than its very close cousin, the Caucasian wisent, probably because it lived nearer to Central Europe. The last Carpathian wisent was shot in Maramureș in 1852[1] and the subspecies is now entirely extinct.[2]
There have been plans to reintroduce European bison into Transylvania through the bison from Poland or the Caucasus.
See also
References
- ↑ https://archive.is/20120323201146/http://www.adevarul.ro/actualitate/social/Dupa_200_de_ani-zimbrul_se_intoarce_in_Carpati_0_668333600.html
- ↑ Tokarska, M.; et al. (2011). "Genetic status of the European bison Bison bonasus after extinction in the wild and subsequent recovery". Mammal Review. 41 (2): 151–162. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2010.00178.x.
External links
- The Extinction Website - Carpathian European Bison - Bison bonasus hungarorum.
- European bison / Wisent
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