European bison
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The European bison is Europe’s heaviest surviving wild land mammal, a once nearly extinct forest-dwelling bovine now restored through conservation efforts in regions such as Eastern Europe.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| European bison canonical | 11 |
| European bison (reintroduced in wider region) | 1 |
| European bison subspecies Bison bonasus bonasus | 1 |
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bovid
ⓘ
species of mammal ⓘ wild cattle ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| averageLitterSize | one calf ⓘ |
| binomialName | Bison bonasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyLength | approximately 2.1 to 2.9 metres ⓘ |
| bodyMass | up to about 920 kilograms in males ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coat | dark brown ⓘ |
| commonName |
European bison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
European wood bison ⓘ wisent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Near Threatened ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| differentiatedFrom | American bison by slimmer build and longer legs ⓘ |
| eats |
bark
ⓘ
grasses ⓘ leaves ⓘ shrubs ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| forms | mixed herds ⓘ |
| genus | Bison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 264 days ⓘ |
| habitat |
mixed forests
ⓘ
temperate forests ⓘ wooded grasslands ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
large head with short neck
ⓘ
prominent shoulder hump ⓘ short curved horns ⓘ |
| historicalRange | much of Europe ⓘ |
| keyPopulation |
Białowieża Forest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carpathian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | up to about 25 years ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | up to about 20 years ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caucasus region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| onceClassifiedAs | Extinct in the Wild ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo | American bison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| restoredBy |
captive breeding programs
ⓘ
reintroduction projects ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem |
ecosystem engineer
ⓘ
large herbivore ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | males larger than females ⓘ |
| shoulderHeight | approximately 1.6 to 1.9 metres ⓘ |
| socialStructure | gregarious ⓘ |
| subfamily | Bovinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
fragmentation of populations
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ overhunting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: European bison Description of subject: The European bison is Europe’s heaviest surviving wild land mammal, a once nearly extinct forest-dwelling bovine now restored through conservation efforts in regions such as Eastern Europe.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
European bison (reintroduced in wider region)
this entity surface form:
European bison subspecies Bison bonasus bonasus