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How is a bison different from a buffalo?
It's easy to understand why people confuse bison and buffalo.
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Buffalo in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota.
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Cape buffalo
Cape, or African, buffalo (Syncerus caffer).
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Cape, or African, buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with cattle egret (Bubulcus...
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Cape buffalo
A herd of Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) at a waterhole.
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Bison rangeland
A herd of bison, or plains buffalo (Bison bison), grazing on rangeland in...
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