Steppe bison

The steppe bison,Steppe Bison – Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre . Beringia.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-31. or steppe wisent (Bison priscus), is an extinct bison. It lived on steppes in Europe, Central Asia, Beringia, and North America during the Quaternary. It is believed that it evolved somewhere in South Asia, That would mean it appeared  at about the same time and region as the aurochs, with which its descendants are sometimes confused.

The steppe wisent became extinct in the Pleistocene. It was replaced in Europe by the modern wisent species. It was replaced in America by Bison latifrons, then later Bison antiquus), and finally the modern American bison.

Steppe wisent occasionally appear in cave painting. They are in the famous Cave of Altamira and Lascaux. They have also been found in naturally ice-preserved form.

 Blue Babe 
Blue Babe is the name of a mummified male steppe bison which was discovered north of Fairbanks in July 1979. It is called that because the creature is coated with vivianite.

Meanwhile, in 1984, scientists cut up a portion of the neck. The piece was simmered in stock and vegetables and made into a stew. It was described as having a strong Pleistocene aroma.

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Category:Mammals of Asia
Category:Mammals of Europe
Category:Mammals of North America
Category:Extinct mammals
Category:Bovines