Kingdom: Animalia​

Eukaryotic, multicellular, no cell wall, reproduce, heterotrophs, mobile (move), and some type of skeletal support

Phylum: Chordata​

Dorsal, hollow nerve chord; a flexible, rodlike, internal supporting structure (notochord); pharyngeal slits and some point of development

Subphylum: Vertebrata​

Vertebrae and segmented vertebral column; a skull of some sort; sensory organs to help with balance and movement; extrinsic eye muscles for eye movement

Class: Mammalia

Warm blooded, most are born alive, hair or fur, have lungs to breathe air, feed milk to their young, lower jaw made of single bone, pattern of tooth replacement, three middle ear bones, sweat glands

Order: Artiodactyla

Even-toed hoofed animals (includes pigs, sheep, goats, cattle, and deer)

Family: Bovidae​

Unbranched horns, strict herbivores, four stomach chambers in digestive tract, generally live in open habitats such as grasslands, tundra, and alpine regions; have two twos on each leg covered by a keratinated hoof, feed mainly on grasses (antelopes, cattle, gazelles, goats, sheep, and relatives)

Genus: Bison

Hump on shoulders, deep brown fur, long beard and mane, large head with thick skull, cows care for young for a year

Species: Bison bison

Grasslands and savannas of North America, or other places where grazeland is suitable to the bison, endothermic, homoithermic, bilateral symmetry, male is larger, polygynous mating system

Males: 3.6m-3.8m length, 1.67m-1.86m height

Females: 2.13m-3.18m length, 1.52m-1.57m height

Both: 700.44-1982 lbs