. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE EUROPEAN BISON. This large and powerful animal which once inhabited nearly the whole of Europe is now almost extinct, except a herd which is kept under the protection of the Russian czar in the forest of Bialowitch. in Lithuania. It much resembles the American Bison to which it is closely related, but is naturally a forest dweller, while the American species prefers the plains. The picture represents the animal in its forest home. (Bos bison.)

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. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE EUROPEAN BISON. This large and powerful animal which once inhabited nearly the whole of Europe is now almost extinct, except a herd which is kept under the protection of the Russian czar in the forest of Bialowitch. in Lithuania. It much resembles the American Bison to which it is closely related, but is naturally a forest dweller, while the American species prefers the plains. The picture represents the animal in its forest home. (Bos bison.) (-1711. 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 Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Pechuel-Loesche, Edward, 1840-1913; Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912; Schmidtlein, Richard. Chicago : Marquis

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