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{{Short description|Extinct subspecies of bison}}
{{Taxobox
{{subspeciesbox
| name = Carpathian wisent
| name = Carpathian wisent
| image =
| image_caption = Life Restoration{{sps|date=August 2023}}{{scientific citation needed|date=August 2023}}
| status = EX
| status = EX
| status_system = iucn3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{citation needed|date=May 2011}}
| status_ref = <ref name=Tokarska2011 />
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| genus = Bison
| species = bonasus
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| species_link = Wisent
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| subspecies = hungarorum
| ordo = [[Artiodactyla]]
| authority = ([[Miklós Kretzoi|Kretzoi]], 1946)
| familia = [[Bovidae]]
| extinct = [[Holocene extinction#Historic extinction|1852]]}}
| genus = ''[[Bison]]'''''
| species = '''''[[Wisent|B. bonasus]]'''''
| subspecies = †'''''B. b. hungarorum'''''
| trinomial = †''Bison bonasus hungarorum''
| trinomial_authority = ([[Miklós Kretzoi|Kretzoi]], 1946)
}}
The '''Carpathian wisent''' (''Bison bonasus hungarorum'') was a [[subspecies]] of [[European bison]] that inhabited the [[Carpathian Mountains]], [[Moldavia]], and [[Transylvania]]. It may also have lived in what are today [[Ukraine]] and [[Hungary]].


The '''Carpathian wisent''' (''Bison bonasus hungarorum'') is an [[Holocene extinction#Historic extinction|extinct]] [[subspecies]] of the [[European bison]] that inhabited the [[Carpathian Mountains]], [[Moldavia]] and [[Transylvania]] regions of Europe.<ref name=Tokarska2011 />
It began to die out about a hundred years earlier than its very close cousin, the [[Caucasian wisent]], probably because it lived nearer to [[Central Europe]]. The last Carpathian wisent was shot in Transylvania in 1790{{citation needed|date=May 2011}}, and the subspecies is now entirely extinct.<ref name=Tokarska2011>{{cite journal | author = Tokarska, M. ''et al.'' | year = 2011 | title = Genetic status of the European bison ''Bison bonasus'' after extinction in the wild and subsequent recovery | journal = Mammal Review | volume = 41 | issue = 2 | pages = 151–162 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2010.00178.x}}</ref>


==Extinction==
[[File:Wisent Hunt on stamp Hungary 1971.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Wisent hunt on a 1971 [[postage stamp]] from [[Hungary]].]]
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.<ref name=Tokarska2011>{{cite journal | author = Tokarska, M. | year = 2011 | title = Genetic status of the European bison ''Bison bonasus'' after extinction in the wild and subsequent recovery | journal = Mammal Review | volume = 41 | issue = 2 | pages = 151–162 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2010.00178.x|display-authors=etal}}</ref> The last known Carpathian wisent was shot in [[Maramureș|Marmaros, Austrian Empire]] in 1852.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adevarul.ro/actualitate/social/Dupa_200_de_ani-zimbrul_se_intoarce_in_Carpati_0_668333600.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120323201146/http://www.adevarul.ro/actualitate/social/Dupa_200_de_ani-zimbrul_se_intoarce_in_Carpati_0_668333600.html|url-status=dead|title=După 200 de ani, zimbrul se întoarce în Carpaţi FOTOGALERII|date=23 March 2012|language=ro|archivedate=23 March 2012|website=archive.is}}</ref>

==Trivia==
Starting in 2014, wisents of the closely related lowland subspecies (''Bison bonasus bonasus'') were [[Species reintroduction|reintroduced]] into the southern Carpathians from Poland by [[Rewilding Europe]] and the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]]. The [[rewilding (conservation biology)|rewilding]] area hosted a population of 30 animals by the end of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rewildingeurope.com/areas/southern-carpathians/|title=Southern Carpathians|website=Rewilding Europe}}</ref>


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==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of extinct animals of Europe]]
*[[List of extinct animals of Europe]]
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct/speciesinfo/carpathianbison.htm The Extinction Website - Carpathian European Bison - ''Bison bonasus hungarorum''].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060522194018/http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct/speciesinfo/carpathianbison.htm The Extinction Website - Carpathian European Bison - ''Bison bonasus hungarorum''].
*[http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Bison_bonasus.html European bison / Wisent]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161226095419/http://www.ultimateungulate.com/artiodactyla/bison_bonasus.html European bison / Wisent]
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[[Category:Bison]]
[[Category:Mammals described in 1946]]
[[Category:European bison]]
[[Category:Extinct mammals of Europe]]
[[Category:Extinct mammals of Europe]]
[[Category:Species made extinct by human activities]]
[[Category:Species made extinct by human activities]]
[[Category:Mammal extinctions since 1500]]
[[Category:Mammal extinctions since 1500]]
[[Category:Carpathians]]



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Latest revision as of 11:10, 6 March 2024

Carpathian wisent
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

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]

Extinction

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Southern Carpathians". Rewilding Europe.
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