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An American bison, or plains buffalo (Bison bison), stands in tall yellow grass with open plains in the background.

Herd of wildebeest

A young aoudad or Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) stands on large rocks with green foliage in the background.

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Buffalo Bill. William Frederick Cody. Circus poster, I am coming, Col. W.F. Cody. Portrait of Buffalo Bill (1846-1917) on stampeding bison (buffalo). Folk hero of the American West. Chromolithograph, c1900

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