What is the steppe bison?
Q: What is the steppe bison?
A: The steppe bison, also known as the steppe wisent, is an extinct bison that lived on steppes in Europe, Central Asia, Beringia, and North America during the Quaternary.
Q: Where is it believed that the steppe bison evolved?
A: It is believed that the steppe bison evolved somewhere in South Asia.
Q: With which animal are the descendants of the steppe bison sometimes confused?
A: The descendants of the steppe bison are sometimes confused with the aurochs, as they appeared at about the same time and region.
Q: When did the steppe bison become extinct?
A: The steppe bison became extinct in the Pleistocene.
Q: What replaced the steppe bison in Europe?
A: The steppe bison was replaced in Europe by the modern wisent species.
Q: What animals replaced the steppe bison in America?
A: The steppe bison was replaced in America by Bison latifrons, then later Bison antiquus, and finally the modern American bison.
Q: Where have steppe bison occasionally appeared in art?
A: Steppe bison have occasionally appeared in cave paintings, such as in the famous Cave of Altamira and Lascaux. They have also been found in naturally ice-preserved form.
