buffalo, bison and beefalo?

Question

what the heck is the difference between the 3?

Answer 1

'Buffalo' is the popular name often used to describe North American bison; however, this is a misnomer. In fact, buffalo are distinctly different animals from bison. Although both bison and buffalo belong to the same family, Bovidae, true 'buffalo' are native only to Africa and Asia.

Historians are undecided on the origin of buffalo as the name for the North American bison, although some speculate that early European explorers likened the unknown bison to the more familiar African and Asian buffalo. A related view is that the word ‘buffalo’ is derived from terms in other languages used by explorers to describe the unfamiliar beast, including, bisonte, buffes, buffelo, buffles, and buffalo. These terms are similar to bufle and buffe, which were commonly used to refer to any animal that provided good hide for buff leather. Despite the misnomer, the term ‘buffalo’ has been used interchangeably with ‘bison’ since early explorers first discovered the North American species, and has become entrenched as a colloquialism in North American culture and language

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Bison are incorrectly called "buffalo". Buffalo and bison are very different. Buffalo live in Asia and Africa. Buffalo do not have humps on their backs. A buffalo's horns are much longer and are curved more than the bison's horns. Buffalo do not have as much hair or such large shoulders.

Answer 2

A beefalo is a cross between a male cow[bull] and a female bison.
Buffalo and bison refer to the same North American plains animal.

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Answer 3

Buffalos and Bison are cousins

Answer 4

buffalo and bison are one and the same; beefalo is a cross between cattle and bison

Answer 5

BUFFALO AND BISON ARE THE SAME THING!
BEEFALO--IS THE OFFSPRING OF A COW AND A BUFFALO-THE MEAT IS SUPPOSE TO BE LEANER AND BETTER

Answer 6

I'm not sure either but I see potential for a Seseme Street song.

Answer 7

better meat