BISON

is a kind of wild cattle in Europe and America. The European bison was common in Roman times, but has been all but exterminated. It is only found in the imperial preserves of Lithuania and in the Ural and Caucasus Mountains. The American bison is called a buffalo by Anglo-Americans, but it must be distinguished from the real buffalo. There are only a few left—in Montana, Texas, and in the Yellow stone Park—and soon there will be none at all.