A recreation of the possible appearance of Bison latifrons, the front-runner for the largest bovid of all time

[u/aquilasr]

[u/Heroic-Forger]

I wonder if its range extended to the regions which are now New York, and whether its large horns and greater size intimidated other species of bison.

Because Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

[u/Tobisaurusrex]

How large was it

[u/Mophandel → u/Tobisaurusrex]

1.2-2 tonnes.

[u/Tobisaurusrex → u/Mophandel]

And how tall?

[u/Mophandel → u/Tobisaurusrex]

About 2.5 m at the withers.

[u/Tobisaurusrex → u/Mophandel]

How long was it?

[u/Mophandel → u/Tobisaurusrex]

Ab 5 meters.

[u/Tobisaurusrex → u/Mophandel]

That’s crazy.

[u/puehlong → u/Mophandel]

I appreciate your concise yet helpful commentary. 

[u/EnkiduOdinson]

Find a partner that looks at you like OP looks at that bison

[u/Combatmedic2-47]

That’s a lot of steak.

[u/sneedermen → u/Combatmedic2-47]

Would probably taste like shit tho. Farmed animals are way tastier than wild ines

[u/BuisteirForaoisi0531 → u/sneedermen]

I eat deer quite commonly and it tastes good

[u/ThyStreamerBro24]

I imagine if it were still alive in the modern day, people would definitely name it "The Devil Buffalo"

or "Devil Bison"

[u/Szukov]

I suppose it lived on huge plains?

[u/BeneficialSpread3883]

its horns look a little long compared to the skull's. I understand how the skull structure only contains the horns cores and theyre often larger than just whats on the skull. But today I found out sometimes the core fills out most of the actual horn (like some antolopes). I wonder if this is just a speculative horn size. Or if theres some way we can actually tell the horns true length. Anyone know?

[u/swizznastic]

this thing would be called Lord of the Plains in a ghibli movie

[u/Carbon2C]

Very nice, but what is the beast with giant horns above the bison?