Q 01/05

The American bison's only living relative in its genus, the wisent, is native to which continent?

A) Asia

B) Africa

C) Europe

D) Australia

Answer · why

C) Europe

The wisent is the heaviest wild land animal on its home continent, just as the American bison is on its own.

Q 02/05

In which year did the bison become the national mammal of the United States?

A) 2016

B) 2017

C) 2019

D) 2022

Answer · why

A) 2016

Kansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming had already adopted it as their state mammal.

Q 03/05

Besides the plains bison, what is the other recognised American subspecies?

A) Prairie

B) Mountain

C) Forest

D) Wood

Answer · why

D) Wood

It is the larger of the two, with a taller, squarer hump, and accounts for most animals over 1,000 kg at Elk Island National Park.

Q 04/05

Among wild bovids, the wood bison is outsized only by which Asian animal?

A) Yak

B) Gaur

C) Water buffalo

D) Banteng

Answer · why

B) Gaur

The bison is still the heaviest land animal and heaviest herbivore in North America.

Q 05/05

How much did the heaviest wild plains bison bull ever recorded weigh?

A) 1,600 lb

B) 2,800 lb

C) 2,100 lb

D) 2,500 lb

Answer · why

B) 2,800 lb

Some bulls have been estimated at 3,000 lb, and a farmed semi-domestic animal reached 3,801 lb.