what is the differance between a Bison and a Buffalo?

Answer 1

The bison is the American buffalo, where the buffalos in other parts of the world are not called bisons.

Answer 2

Most people think that there is no difference between a buffalo and bison, but actually there is one. A "buffalo" can also refer to a water buffalo, and it is a term that describes a larger category of wild oxen. Bison more appropriately describes the North American buffalo, which has short horns, a heavy forequarter, a large head with a heavy mane. When Europeans first saw the bison, it is logical that they called it a buffalo that was similar to what they knew about in other parts of the world.

Answer 3

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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what is the differance between a Bison and a Buffalo?

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Bison Plural

Answer 6

A Bison is a Buffalo found in the plains of America.

Answer 7

Plural Of Bison

Answer 8

Here is the definition for buffalo: a type of horned cattle belonging to various species, including the African buffalo and domesticated breeds of the Asian water buffalo. - bison: a North American bison

Answer 9

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Although common, it is technically incorrect to refer to bison as "buffalo," as true buffalo are native only to Asia (see Water Buffalo) and Africa (see African Buffalo).

For differences between the two go here..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Buffalo

Answer 10

Bison is plural for buffalo.