檢視美洲平原野牛的原始碼

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'''美洲平原野牛'''（{{lang-en|Bison bison bison}}）是[[美洲野牛]]的[[指名亞種]]<ref>{{cite journal |author=Geist V. |title=Phantom subspecies: the wood bison, ''Bison bison'' "''athabascae''" Rhoads 1897, is not a valid taxon, but an ecotype. |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_arctic_1991-12_44_4/page/283 |journal=Arctic |volume=44 |issue=4 |pages= 283–300 |year=1991 |pmid= |doi= 10.14430/arctic1552}}</ref><ref>{{Cite conference | first = Charles E. | last = Kay | author2 = Clifford A. White | title = Reintroduction of bison into the Rocky Mountain parks of Canada: historical and archaeological evidence | booktitle = Crossing Boundaries in Park Management: Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands | pages = 143–151 | publisher = The George Wright Society, Inc. | date = 2001 | location = Hancock, Michigan | url = http://www.georgewright.org/24kay.pdf | doi =  | id =  | accessdate = 2009-12-02 | archive-date = 2009-01-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090107042628/http://www.georgewright.org/24kay.pdf | dead-url = yes }}</ref><ref name=RFLP>{{cite journal |title= Genetic relationship of wood and plains bison based on restriction fragment length polymorphisms |author= Bork, A. M., C. M. Strobeck, F. C. Yeh, R. J. Hudson, & R. K. Salmon |journal= Can J Zool |volume= 69 |issue= 1 |pages= 43–48 |year= 1991 |url= http://article.pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/RPAS/RPViewDoc?_handler_=HandleInitialGet&calyLang=eng&journal=cjz&volume=69&articleFile=z91-007.pdf |pmid=  |doi= 10.1139/z91-007 |access-date= 2019-04-30 |archive-date= 2017-05-10 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170510072808/http://article.pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/RPAS/RPViewDoc?_handler_=HandleInitialGet&calyLang=eng&journal=cjz&volume=69&articleFile=z91-007.pdf |dead-url= yes }}</ref>。體型比[[美洲森林野牛]]小,肩高1.5~2公尺。

雖然美洲森林野牛屬於[[瀕危物種]]，但美洲平原野牛屬於[[近危物種]]。