<P> The American bison ( Bison bison ) , also commonly known as the American buffalo or simply buffalo , is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds . They became nearly extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century and introduction of bovine diseases from domestic cattle , and have made a recent resurgence largely restricted to a few national parks and reserves . Their historical range roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada 's far northwest , south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo León , and east to the Atlantic Seaboard of the United States ( nearly to the Atlantic tidewater in some areas ) from New York to Georgia and per some sources down to Florida . Bison were seen in North Carolina near Buffalo Ford on the Catawba River as late as 1750 . </P>
<P> The American bison ( Bison bison ) , also commonly known as the American buffalo or simply buffalo , is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds . They became nearly extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century and introduction of bovine diseases from domestic cattle , and have made a recent resurgence largely restricted to a few national parks and reserves . Their historical range roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada 's far northwest , south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo León , and east to the Atlantic Seaboard of the United States ( nearly to the Atlantic tidewater in some areas ) from New York to Georgia and per some sources down to Florida . Bison were seen in North Carolina near Buffalo Ford on the Catawba River as late as 1750 . </P>
what area of north america once provided food for millions of buffalo
what area of north america once provided food for millions of buffalo
historical range roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada 's far northwest , south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo León , and east to the Atlantic Seaboard of the United States ( nearly to the Atlantic tidewater in some areas ) from New York to Georgia and per some sources down to Florida
historical range roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada 's far northwest , south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo León , and east to the Atlantic Seaboard of the United States ( nearly to the Atlantic tidewater in some areas ) from New York to Georgia and per some sources down to Florida