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Description: Bison latifrons Harlan, 1825 fossil buffalo skeleton from the Pleistocene of North America (public display, Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA). The extinct giant buffalo, Bison latifrons, was remarkable in having horns with a >3 times longer span than the modern American buffalo (Bison bison). The overall body size of the giant buffalo was also considerably larger than modern buffalo. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Bovidae
Title: Bison latifrons fossil buffalo (Pleistocene; North America) 1 (15257877377)
Credit: Bison latifrons fossil buffalo (Pleistocene; North America) 1
Author: James St. John
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