Tematica Animali preistorici

Bison priscus Bojanus, 1827

Phylum: Chordata Haeckel, 1874

Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812

Classe: Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758

Ordine: Artiodactyla Owen, 1848

Famiglia: Bovidae Gray, 1821

Genere: Bison Hamilton Smith, 1827

Descrizione

Alti 2 metri al garrese avevano corna lunghe un metro ciascuna. Si estinsero nel tardo Pleistocene e vennero rimpiazzati dal bisonte europeo in Europa e dal bisonte americano in Nord America. Sono stati talvolta raffigurati nelle pitture rupestri dell'uomo di Neanderthal.

Diffusione

Diffuso dall'Eurasia al Nord America nell'era quaternaria. Si pensa che questi animali si siano evoluti nell'Asia centrale o meridionale come i loro parenti uro, coi quali sono stati spesso confusi.

Bibliografia

–"Steppe Bison" Archived 2010-12-12 at the Wayback Machine – Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. Beringia.com.
–Vasiliev, S. K. (2008). "Late pleistocene bison (Bison p. priscus Bojanis, 1827) from the Southeastern part of Western Siberia". Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia. 34 (2): 34-56.
–Hasegawa, Y.; Okumura, Y.; Tatsukawa, H. (2009). "First record of Late Pleistocene Bison from the fissure deposits of the Kuzuu Limestone, Yamasuge,Sano-shi,Tochigi Prefecture,Japan" (PDF). Bull.Gunma Mus.Natu.Hist. (13): 47-52.
–Boeskorov, Gennady G.; Potapova, Olga R.; Protopopov, Albert V.; Plotnikov, Valery V.; Agenbroad, Larry D.; Kirikov, Konstantin S.; Pavlov, Innokenty S.; Shchelchkova, Marina V.; Belolyubskii, Innocenty N.; Tomshin, Mikhail D.; Kowalczyk, Rafal; Davydov, Sergey P.; Kolesov, Stanislav D.; Tikhonov, Alexey N.; Van Der Plicht, Johannes (2016). "The Yukagir Bison: The exterior morphology of a complete frozen mummy of the extinct steppe bison, Bison priscus from the early Holocene of northern Yakutia, Russia". Quaternary International. 406: 94-110.
–Yeong-Seok Jo, John T. Baccus, John Koprowski, 2018, Mammals of Korea, p.30, National Institute of Biological Resources of Korea.
–Zazula, Grant D.; MacKay, Glen; Andrews, Thomas D.; Shapiro, Beth; Letts, Brandon; Broc, Fiona (2009). "A late Pleistocene steppe bison (Bison priscus) partial carcass from Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories, Canada". Quaternary Science Reviews. 28 (25–26): 2734-2742.
–Marsolier-Kergoat, Marie-Claude; Palacio, Pauline; Berthonaud, Véronique; Maksud, Frédéric; Stafford, Thomas; Bégouën, Robert; Elalouf, Jean-Marc (2015-06-17). "Hunting the Extinct Steppe Bison (Bison priscus) Mitochondrial Genome in the Trois-Frères Paleolithic Painted Cave". PLOS ONE. 10 (6): e0128267.
–Zazula, Grant D.; Hall, Elizabeth; Hare, P. Gregory; Thomas, Christian; Mathewes, Rolf; La Farge, Catherine; Martel, André L.; Heintzman, Peter D.; Shapiro, Beth (2017). "A middle Holocene steppe bison and paleoenvironments from the Versleuce Meadows, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 54 (11): 1138-1152.
–Castaños J., Castaños P., Murelaga X., 2016, "First Complete Skull of a Late Pleistocene Steppe Bison ( Bison priscus ) in the Iberian Peninsula", Ameghiniana, 53(5), pp.543-551.
–Soubrier, J.; Gower, G.; et al. (2016). "Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison". Nature Communications. 7: 13158.
–Verkaar, E. L. C.; Nijman, IJ; Beeke, M.; Hanekamp, E.; Lenstra, J. A. (2004). "Maternal and Paternal Lineages in Cross-Breeding Bovine Species. Has Wisent a Hybrid Origin?". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21 (7): 1165-70.
–Briggs, H. (19 October 2016). "Cave paintings reveal clues to mystery Ice Age beast". BBC.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
–Boeskorov, Gennady G.; Potapova, Olga R.; et al. (25 June 2016). "The Yukagir Bison: The exterior morphology of a complete frozen mummy of the extinct steppe bison, Bison priscus from the early Holocene of northern Yakutia, Russia". Quaternary International. 406: 94-110.
–McPhee, R. D. E. (1999). Extinctions in Near Time: Causes, Contexts, and Consequences. Springer. p. 262. ISBN 978-0306460920.
–Dale Guthrie, R (1989). Frozen Fauna of the Mammoth Steppe: The Story of Blue Babe. ISBN 9780226311234.
–Paglia, C. (2004). "The Magic of Images: Word and Picture in a Media Age". Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics. 11 (3): 1-22. JSTOR 20163935.
–Deem, James M. "Blue Babe - the 36,000 year-old male bison"[permanent dead link] James M. Deem's Mummy Tombs. 1988-2012. Accessed 20 March 2012.
–Dale Guthrie, R (1989). Frozen Fauna of the Mammoth Steppe: The Story of Blue Babe. p. 298. ISBN 9780226311234.
–??WTY. "Blue Babe: Would You Eat 36,000-year-old Bison Meat?". Ancient Origins. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
– Palermo, Elizabeth (6 November 2014). "9,000-Year-Old Bison Mummy Found Frozen in Time". www.livescience.com.
–Cloning ancient extinct bison sounds like sci-fi, but scientists hope to succeed within years.

	Data: 25/11/1966 Emissione: Animali preistorici Stato: Romania

	Data: 05/08/2008 Emissione: Uomini del Paleolitico e animali preistorici Stato: Cuba

	Data: 30/11/2010 Emissione: Animali preistorici Stato: Moldova Nota: Emesso in un foglietto di 10 v. diversi

	Data: 26/03/2024 Emissione: Fauna preistorica Stato: Netherlands

	Data: 21/12/2023 Emissione: Fauna dell'Era dei ghiacci Stato: Mongolia Nota: Emesso in un foglietto di 4 v. diversi