European Bison
📸 Photo by Vincent M.A. Janssen: https://www.pexels.com/photo/european-bison-in-winter-20753796/
Europe’s heftiest survivor was once wiped out by hunters; thanks to rewilding, the European bison now thunders through Polish and Belarusian forests again. Heavy-set yet calm, it grazes meadows in family herds, sculpting clearings for many other species.
Technical factsheet
Type:Mammal
Habitat:Forest
Diet:Herbivore
Continents:Europe
Size:Up to 2 m at the shoulder
Weight:400–920 kg
Activity:Diurnal
Social behavior:Herd
Lifespan:15–20 years in the wild
Habitat: The European Bison can be found in Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine