The forest was declared a hunting reserve in 1541 for the protection of wisent. From Wordnik.com. [Bialowieza Forest, Poland] Reference
Before Man came herds of wisent and mastodon kept the land mostly clear, and herds of white tail roamed. From Wordnik.com. [Fantastic Settings] Reference
The short-horned kind, with its hump and shaggy mane, was also fairly common east of the mountains; it closely resembled the familiar wisent of Europe. From Wordnik.com. [A different flesh]
European bison or wisent as they're known in Poland are distantly related to American bison and are different in that they are forest dwellers, rather than roaming the open prairie. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
Notable mammals include the reintroduced bison or wisent Bison bonasus (EN), wolf Canis lupus, lynx Felis lynx, otter Lutra lutra and European beaver Castor fiber, also reintroduced. From Wordnik.com. [Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Belarus] Reference
In 1929 a small herd of four wisents was bought by the Polish state from various zoological gardens and from the Western Caucasus (where the wisent was to become extinct just several years afterwards). From Wordnik.com. [Bialowieza Forest, Poland] Reference
The first recorded piece of legislation on the protection of the forest dates to 1538 when a document issued by Polish king Zygmunt Stary (Sigismund I Old) instituted the death penalty for poaching a wisent (European bison). From Wordnik.com. [Bialowieza Forest, Poland] Reference
There's also a European species of bison, the rare wisent. From Wordnik.com. [Benito's Wine Reviews] Reference
Modern naturalists identify the elk with the eland, the wisent with the auerochs. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth as Modified by Human Action] Reference
Then slowe the dowghtie Sigfrid a wisent and an elk, he smote four stoute uroxen and a grim and sturdie schelk. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth as Modified by Human Action] Reference
Apart from ibexes, the Chomutov zoopark has been participating in the reintroduction of wisent, another endangered species. From Wordnik.com. [Prague Monitor] Reference
Starting off on the wrong hoof: A Przewalski horse and a wisent become acquainted in the new wilderness preserve they will share outside Berlin. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
•gaur (Southern Asia) •wisent •zebu (that's that wonderful humped cattle you see in India) •yaks (from Nepal). From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Kazakh lawmakers give president lifetime immunity] Reference
As a solution, they began promoting the word ‘bison, 'which had already been used in the Latin name of a closely related European animal, the wisent (Bison bonasus). From Wordnik.com. [Scott Dodd: Buffalo or Bison: What's in a Name?] Reference
Or wisent, or yaks. From Wordnik.com. [Fun with Hominin Cranial Capacity Datasets (and Excel) - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
He plucked at the wisent robe across his lap. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic May Return]
The last wisent was killed just a month earlier. From Wordnik.com. [Bialowieza Forest, Poland] Reference
•aurochs (extinct) •banteng (Southern Asia) •bison •gaur (Southern Asia) •wisent •zebu (that's that wonderful humped cattle you see in India) •yaks (from Nepal). From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Kazakh lawmakers give president lifetime immunity] Reference
The wisent (. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
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