Genome data on the extinct Bison schoetensacki establish it as a sister species of the extant European bison (Bison bonasus)
The European bison (Bison bonasus), now found in Europe and the Caucasus, has been proposed to originate either from the extinct steppe/extant American bison lineage or from the extinct Bison schoetensacki lineag...
Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:48