Bison bison pennsylvanicus Shoemaker, 1915
Pennsylvanian bison, Eastern woodland bison, Eastern bison
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Bos bison pennsylvanicus Shoemaker, 1915
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Last record: 1825 (Goodwin & Goodwin, 1973)
Distribution
Pennsylvania, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Shoemaker, H. W. (1915). A Pennsylvania Bison Hunt. Middleburg Post Press.
Other references:
Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.
Goodwin, Harry A. and Goodwin, J. M. (1973). List of mammals which have become extinct or are possibly extinct since 1600. Int. Union Conserv. Nat. Occas. Pap. 8: 1-20.
Skinner, Morris F. and Kaisen Ove C. (1947). The fossil bison of Alaska and preliminary revision of the genus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 89(3): 123-256, text figures 1-5, plates 8-26, tables 1-25, maps 1-3.
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