<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisent" class="extiw" title="en:Wisent">Wisent</a> in the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisentgehege_Springe" class="extiw" title="de:Wisentgehege Springe">Wisentgehege Springe game park</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springe" class="extiw" title="en:Springe">Springe</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover_(district)" class="extiw" title="en:Hanover (district)">Hanover</a>, Germany. The <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bison" class="extiw" title="en:European bison">European bison</a></i> or <i>wisent</i> (<i>Bison bonasus</i>) is the heaviest of the surviving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_animal" class="extiw" title="en:Terrestrial animal">land animals</a> in Europe, with males growing to around 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). European bison were hunted to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/extinction" class="extiw" title="en:extinction">extinction</a> in the wild, but have since been reintroduced from captivity into several countries. This male is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moulting" class="extiw" title="en:moulting">moulting</a>, his winter coat coming off in clumps.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Michael_G%C3%A4bler" title="User:Michael Gäbler">Michael Gäbler</a>
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