American buffalo
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At the end of the 18th century, according to modern estimates, the American buffalo population numbered around 60 million, with herds roaming freely across North America.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2023
By nightfall, the last of the American buffalo shipped from Badlands were being unloaded at the Rosebud reservation, where Heinert also lives.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022
A series of semiabstract paintings on paper by Gary Panter — the underground comic artist and designer for the TV show “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” — pertain to the extinction of the American buffalo.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2014
Their real plan was to bring back the American buffalo, or ship Chile’s water to Africa.
From BusinessWeek • Apr. 17, 2014
The so-called American buffalo is really a 'bison.'
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
