The geographic variability of the Plains Bison. A reconstruction using the earliest European illustrations of both subspecies*

The subspecific division of the Plains Bison by one of the authors (Krumbiegel, 1980) into a Southern Plains Bison Bison bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) and a Northern Plains Bison Bison bison montanae Krumbiegel, 1980, is here corroborated by reference to early illustrations and reports unknown to mam...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Archives of Natural History
Main Authors: KRUMBIEGEL, INGO, SEHM, GUNTER G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Press 1989
Subjects:
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
History
Anthropology
Bison bison bison
Plains Bison
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/anh.1989.16.2.169
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Summary:The subspecific division of the Plains Bison by one of the authors (Krumbiegel, 1980) into a Southern Plains Bison Bison bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) and a Northern Plains Bison Bison bison montanae Krumbiegel, 1980, is here corroborated by reference to early illustrations and reports unknown to mammalogists, thereby proving that the authors' historiographical approach can be used in establishing taxonomic reconstructions of recently exterminated species or subspecies.

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