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Excellent Bison Skull SW10737

SW10737

taxidermy and outdoorsy decor for sale safariworks decorThis Bison Skull has been professionally cleaned. Both the skull and its horns (caps) have been well-preserved. An American staple -- the Bison Skull is an essential piece of decor for anyone who loves the western or rustic styles. This piece has earned our quality rating of Excellent.

  • Product Rating: Excellent
  • Dimensions: 24" long X 9" deep X 20" wide
  • Sits on its own on any sufficiently sized horizontal surface
  • May be hung from a single, secure screw by wire (not included)
  • Caps are removable 
  • Free Shipping in the Continental U.S.

About the American Bison

Scientific Name: Bison bison

The American bison or simply bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo or simply buffalo, is an American species of bison that once roamed North America in vast herds. Its historical range, by 9000 BCE, is described as the great bison belt, a tract of rich grassland that ran from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico, east to the Atlantic Seaboard (nearly to the Atlantic tidewater in some areas) as far north as New York and south to Georgia and, according to some sources, down to Florida, with sightings in North Carolina near Buffalo Ford on the Catawba River as late as 1750. It nearly became extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century and introduction of bovine diseases from domestic cattle. With a population in excess of 60 million in the late 18th century, the species was down to 541 animals by 1889. Recovery efforts expanded in the mid-20th century, with a resurgence to roughly 31,000 animals today, largely restricted to a few national parks and reserves. Through multiple reintroductions, the species is now also freely roaming wild in some regions in Yakutia as well as Mexico.

Two subspecies or ecotypes have been described: the plains bison (B. b. bison), smaller in size and with a more rounded hump, and the wood bison (B. b. athabascae)—the larger of the two and having a taller, square hump. Furthermore, the plains bison has been suggested to consist of a northern plains (B. b. montanae) and a southern plains (B. b. bison) subspecies, bringing the total to three. However, this is generally not supported. The wood bison is one of the largest wild species of bovid in the world, surpassed by only the Asian gaur and wild yak. Among extant land animals in North America, the bison is the heaviest and the longest, and the second tallest after the moose.




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