European bison  (Bison bonasus)

The European bison previously roamed throughout western, central and southeastern Europe but by the beginning of the 20th Century persisted only in two protected ancient forests in Poland and the former Soviet Union (4) (5). By 1927, the species had been lost from the wild entirely and only 54 individuals survived in European Zoos (5). Re-introductions to forests in Belarus, Poland, Russia, Lithuania and the Ukraine (5).

Inhabits mixed forests, with undergrowth and open spaces (6).