American bison: Added that it's the state mammal.
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The American bison (”Bison bison”) is a North American species of [[bison]], also commonly known as the American buffalo. These bison once roamed the [[grassland]]s of North America in massive [[herd]]s; their range roughly formed a triangle between the [[Great Bear Lake]] in Canada’s far northwest, south to the Mexican states of [[Durango]] and [[Nuevo León]], and east along the western boundary of the [[Appalachian Mountains]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Vertebrata/Mammalia/Bovidae/Bos/bison/images/Bison_bison_map.320.jpg.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724102718/http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Vertebrata/Mammalia/Bovidae/Bos/bison/images/Bison_bison_map.320.jpg.html |archive-date=24 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://gf.state.wy.us/downloads/pdf/nongame/WYBirdMammHerpAtlas04.pdf|title=Atlas of Birds, Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles in Wyoming-Bison |publisher=Wyoming Game and Fish Department Nongame Program |access-date=2011-12-28 |page=153}}</ref> Today these bison are much fewer in number, and travel only in small herds.
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The American bison (”Bison bison”) is a North American species of [[bison]], also commonly known as the American buffalo. These bison once roamed the [[grassland]]s of North America in massive [[herd]]s; their range roughly formed a triangle between the [[Great Bear Lake]] in Canada’s far northwest, south to the Mexican states of [[Durango]] and [[Nuevo León]], and east along the western boundary of the [[Appalachian Mountains]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Vertebrata/Mammalia/Bovidae/Bos/bison/images/Bison_bison_map.320.jpg.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724102718/http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Vertebrata/Mammalia/Bovidae/Bos/bison/images/Bison_bison_map.320.jpg.html |archive-date=24 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://gf.state.wy.us/downloads/pdf/nongame/WYBirdMammHerpAtlas04.pdf|title=Atlas of Birds, Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles in Wyoming-Bison |publisher=Wyoming Game and Fish Department Nongame Program |access-date=2011-12-28 |page=153}}</ref> Today these bison are much fewer in number, and travel only in small herds.
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In 1985, the American bison was declared the state mammal of Wyoming.<ref>{{Cite web|title=State of Wyoming – Wyoming Facts and Symbols|url=https://www.wyo.gov/about-wyoming/wyoming-facts-and-symbols|access-date=2021-11-10|website=www.wyo.gov|language=en-US}}</ref>
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