Carpathian wisent
The Carpathian wisent (Bison bonasus hungarorum) is an extinct subspecies of the European bison that inhabited the Carpathian Mountains, Moldavia and Transylvania regions of Europe.[1]
| Carpathian wisent | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Bison |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †B. b. hungarorum |
| Trinomial name | |
| †Bison bonasus hungarorum (Kretzoi, 1946) | |
Extinction
It began to die out about a hundred years earlier than its close relative, the Caucasian wisent (Bison bonasus caucasicus) and was hunted to extinction in the 19th century.[1] The last known Carpathian wisent was shot in Marmaros, Austrian Empire in 1852.[2]
Trivia
Starting in 2014, wisents of the closely related lowland subspecies (Bison bonasus bonasus) were reintroduced into the southern Carpathians from Poland by Rewilding Europe and the World Wide Fund for Nature. The rewilding area hosted a population of 30 animals by the end of 2017.[3]
See also
References
- Tokarska, M.; et al. (2011). "Genetic status of the European bison Bison bonasus after extinction in the wild and subsequent recovery". Mammal Review. 41 (2): 151–162. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2010.00178.x.
- "După 200 de ani, zimbrul se întoarce în Carpaţi FOTOGALERII". archive.is (in Romanian). 23 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012.
- "Southern Carpathians". Rewilding Europe.
External links
- The Extinction Website - Carpathian European Bison - Bison bonasus hungarorum.
- European bison / Wisent
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