American Buffalo or Bison

5154, Buffalo (Bison) are anatomically scaled to create the best reproduction of the life size stuffed animal and the most realistic stuffed animal in the industry.American Buffalo or Bison as he is known is not only an heirloom quality toy but would add character to a themed room.

 Buffalo and bison are not the same. However, in North America, the terms buffalo and bison are used interchangeably to describe the American bison.

Actual buffalo only live in Asia and Africa. They’re called the water buffalo and the cape buffalo. Any buffalo that exists in Europe or America are bison. American settlers are most likely to blame for the word confusion that exists in North America today.

Buffalo are not extinct. However, buffalo almost went extinct. The American bison is currently listed as Near Threatened because its population has rebounded enough to bring it back from the brink of extinction.

There are around 15,000 completely wild and free American buffalo in the United States, with 5,000 of them living in Yellowstone National Park. Before Europeans began hunting them, their numbers hovered around 30-60 million. There are also around 530,000 buffalo on protected land in private herds. 

Despite conservation efforts, less than 1% of the population of American bison has been restored to the wild. 95% of the American buffalo alive belong to private land owners and breeders.

Yellowstone National Park is the only place where buffalo have lived continuously since prehistory. Despite this, there are now American bison in all 50 states. They’re scattered across indigenous lands, refuges, private herds, and national parks.

American bison are the biggest mammals in North America. They weigh up to a few tons and stand up to 6 feet tall while being able to hustle around at 35 mph. They roam around eating grass and other leaves for up to 11 hours per day.

Native Americans never domesticated wild buffalo. For thousands of years, the buffalo made such good trails between different spots in the landscape on their range that they were used as human paths. These trails were adopted by Europeans that came to the continent.

Not only were tourists on the railways and hunters killing buffalo, but the US government was also systematically exterminating the herd so they could win the Indian Wars against the Plains Indians. It worked, and most indigenous Americans were sequestered on reservations.

Buffalo were an integral food source to Plains Indian tribes as well as a spiritual powerhouse in many tribal religions across their range. When American bison began being slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands per year, native tribes were helpless in defending the herd.

Product Dimension: 66.3("L) X 18.72"(W) X 46.8"(H) 33.07 Lbs.

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