Bovidae Photo

The bisons massive head is its most characteristic feature. Its forehead bulges because of its convex-shaped frontal bone. Its shoulder hump, dwindling bowlike to the haunches, is supported by unusually long spinal vertebrae. Over powerful neck and shoulder muscles grows a great shaggy coat of curly brown fur, and over the head, like an immense hood, grows a shock of black hair. Its forequarters are higher and much heavier than its haunches. A mature bull stands about 6 1/2 feet (2 meters) at the shoulder and weighs more than 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms). The bisons horns are short and black. In the male they are thick at the base and taper abruptly to sharp points as they curve outward and upward; the females horns are more slender.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13120  

Waterbuck, Meru National Park, Kenya.
Species: Waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Location: Meru National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29694  

Wildebeest Herd, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Species: Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Image ID: 29782  

Bison herd.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13000  

Bison.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13002  

The Lamar herd of bison grazes, a mix of mature adults and young calves.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13123  

The Lamar herd of bison grazes, a mix of mature adults and young calves.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13132  

A herd of bison grazes near the Lamar River.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13145  

Bison.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19598  

Bison.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19599  

Bison.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19600  

Bison wades across the Madison River, autumn.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19601  

Bison grazes amid grass fields along the Madison River.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19602  

Cape Buffalo herd at sunset, Meru National Park, Kenya.
Species: Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer
Location: Meru National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29640  

Cape Buffalo herd, Meru National Park, Kenya.
Species: Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer
Location: Meru National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29638  

Waterbuck, Meru National Park, Kenya.
Species: Waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Location: Meru National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29684  

Grant's Gazelle, Meru National Park, Kenya.
Species: Grant's gazelle, Nanger granti
Location: Meru National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29715  

Gerenuk, Meru National Park, Kenya. Female. The Gerenuk is a long-necked antelope often called the giraffe-necked antelope.
Species: Gerenuk, Litocranius walleri
Location: Meru National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29627  

Wildebeest Herd, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Species: Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Image ID: 29783  

Wildebeest Herd, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Species: Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Image ID: 29888  

Topi.
Species: Topi, Damaliscus korrigum
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Image ID: 29912  

Topi.
Species: Topi, Damaliscus korrigum
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Image ID: 29964  

Wildebeest Herd, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Species: Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Image ID: 29968  

Thompson's gazelle, Maasai Mara, Kenya.
Species: Thompson's gazelle, Eudorcas thomsonii
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Image ID: 29969  

Grant's Gazelle, Maasai Mara, Kenya.
Species: Grant's gazelle, Nanger granti
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Image ID: 29970  

Thompson's gazelle, Maasai Mara, Kenya.
Species: Thompson's gazelle, Eudorcas thomsonii
Location: Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya
Image ID: 30004  

Thompson's gazelle, Maasai Mara, Kenya.
Species: Thompson's gazelle, Eudorcas thomsonii
Location: Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya
Image ID: 30048  

Waterbuck, Meru National Park, Kenya.
Species: Waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Location: Meru National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29693  

Baby impala, Meru National Park, Kenya.
Species: Impala, Aepyceros melampus
Location: Meru National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29685