Wisent or European bison (Bison bonasus) The visent is a pure herd animal. The herd usually consists of 10-30 animals with an old bull as its leader. The wisent does not live in the wild in Sweden any more. It disappeared from southern Sweden just under 1 000 years ago. The wisent became totally extinct in the wild at the time of the 1st World War, but was saved thanks to the fifty or so animals that lived in eight zoos, of which one in Sweden.
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Order: Even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla)
Family: Hollow-horned animals (Bovidae)
Weight: Bulls 800-900 kilos
Cows 500-600 kilos
Life span: More than 30 years
Mating period: August-September
Calves: Are born in May-July
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Cloven-hoof animals 
