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|image=Bison bonasus (Linnaeus 1758).jpg
|title=European bison
|texttitle=European bison (wisent)
|caption=The European bison or wisent (Bison bonasus) is the heaviest of the surviving land animals in Europe, with males growing to around {{convert|1000|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. European bison were hunted to extinction in the wild, but have since been reintroduced from captivity into several countries. This male is moulting, his winter coat coming off in clumps.
|credit=Photo: Michael Gäbler
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