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The '''Carpathian wisent''' (''Bison bonasus hungarorum'') was a [[subspecies]] of the [[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'') was a [[subspecies]] of the [[European bison]] that inhabited the [[Carpathian Mountains]], [[Moldavia]] and [[Transylvania]]. It may also have lived in what are today [[Ukraine]] and [[Hungary]]. |
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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 [[Maramureș]] 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|archivedate=23 March 2012|website=archive.is}}</ref> and the subspecies is now entirely extinct.<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> |
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Wisents descended from the Polish population were [[Species reintroduction|reintroduced]] into the southern Carpathians by [[Rewilding Europe]] and the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] starting in 2014, and 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> |
Wisents descended from the Polish population were [[Species reintroduction|reintroduced]] into the southern Carpathians by [[Rewilding Europe]] and the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] starting in 2014, and 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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Bison |
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| Subspecies: | †B. b. hungarorum
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Bison bonasus hungarorum (Kretzoi, 1946)
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The Carpathian wisent (Bison bonasus hungarorum) was a subspecies of the European bison that inhabited the Carpathian Mountains, Moldavia and Transylvania. It may also have lived in what are today Ukraine and Hungary.
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 Maramureș in 1852[1] and the subspecies is now entirely extinct.[2]
Wisents descended from the Polish population were reintroduced into the southern Carpathians by Rewilding Europe and the World Wide Fund for Nature starting in 2014, and the rewilding area hosted a population of 30 animals by the end of 2017.[3]
Description
The Carpathian wisent resembled the European bison in that coat was dense and dark brown to golden brown. The neck was short, maned, and thick, topped by a shoulder hump. The head is relatively high. The horns, found in both sexes, projected outwards and curved upwards and slightly forwards.
See also
References
- ^ "După 200 de ani, zimbrul se întoarce în Carpaţi FOTOGALERII". archive.is. 23 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Southern Carpathians". Rewilding Europe.
External links
- The Extinction Website - Carpathian European Bison - Bison bonasus hungarorum.
- European bison / Wisent
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