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wood buffalo woods buffalo 
a variety of bison, Bison bison athabascae, found in lightly wooded regions of northern Alberta and the Mackenzie District.
See also: strong wood buffalo thickwood buffalo wood bison woodland bison
- 1810 (1897) Deschamps came in with two cows; a few are seen about Fish Lake, but they are the wood buffalo, more shy and wild than those on the plains.
- 1891 The wood buffalo inhabits Athabasca and Peace River districts principally, and their numbers are comparatively small, so that their robes are seldom seen in this part of the country.
- 1958 Not quite as serious, but certainly a factor in economics, was the fact that the new buffalo which emerged was larger than the plains buffalo but smaller than the true wood buffalo.
- 1964 These northern buffalo were known as the Wood Buffalo. Some biologists classify them as a separate species because of their somewhat larger size and darker colour.
- 1810 (1897) Deschamps came in with two cows; a few are seen about Fish Lake, but they are the wood buffalo, more shy and wild than those on the plains.