. The bison of Yellowstone National Park. American bison; Mammals. The Bison Population 15. Fig. 9. Cows and calves photographed in a remote part of Hayden Valley sometime before 1894. These bison were frequently called mountain bison by early ob- servers. Photo by John Folsom, a winterkeeper at Canyon. ier hair. Sex and age differences among animals seen may account for discrepancies in description of size. The geologist Arnold Hague (1893) provides the following: The Park buffalo may all be classed under the head of mountain buffalo and even in this elevated region they live for the greater
. The bison of Yellowstone National Park. American bison; Mammals. The Bison Population 15. Fig. 9. Cows and calves photographed in a remote part of Hayden Valley sometime before 1894. These bison were frequently called mountain bison by early ob- servers. Photo by John Folsom, a winterkeeper at Canyon. ier hair. Sex and age differences among animals seen may account for discrepancies in description of size. The geologist Arnold Hague (1893) provides the following: The Park buffalo may all be classed under the head of mountain buffalo and even in this elevated region they live for the greater part of the year in the timber. . .most unusual, save in midwinter, to find them in open val- ley or on the treeless mountain slope. They haunt the most inaccessible and out-of-the-way places, . . living in open glades and pastures, the oases of the dense forest, . . the rapidity of their disappearance on being alarmed. It is surprising how few buffalo have been seen in midsum- mer, even by those most familiar with their haunts and habits. They wander about in small bands. . Blackmore (1872) was informed that the mountain buffalo con- gregated usually in bands of 5-30, rarely more. Other observers agree that the bands were small, and the animals quite wary. Super- intendent Norris described them as "most keen of scent and difficult of approach of all mountain ani- mals" (Superintendent of the Yel- lowstone National Park 1880). Altitudinal migrations were an- other characteristic of mountain bison (Christman 1971). Historical accounts from Yellowstone also suggest this habit. Superintendent Norris, in his annual report of 1880, describes summer and win- ter distributions of bison in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Meagher, Margaret Mary; United States. National Park Service. [Wa
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