American Bison

American Bison (bison bison)

• Largest land animal in North America with males weighing up to 2000 pounds (910 kg)
• Males up to 6.5 feet (2 meters) tall and 11.5 feet long (3.5 meters)
• Once roamed from Mexico up to Northwestern Canada in large herds
• Herbivores that graze on grasses, shrubs and sedges
• Live up to 20 years in wild
• Regurgitate their food and chew it as cud