The Cape buffalo is 11 feet long but usually weighs ... Though we will mainly focus on the American Bison and the African ...

By the late nineteenth century, the scientific name bison (which ... around the Cape of Africa and experiences in Asia. So, they knew about African buffalo. And, the American animal seemed to ...

Cape buffalo, one of four distinct subspecies ... How the misnomer came to be is murky, but it’s thought early American settlers called bison “buffalo” because they look similar—large ...

The industry for buffalo hides made some White Americans rich, but it decimated the species as well as the Native American tribes whose lives depended on the bison. Vintage engraving showing ...