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woodland bison 
a variety of bison, Bison bison athabascae, found in lightly wooded regions of northern Alberta and the Mackenzie District.
See also: wood buffalo
- 1891 With the exception of the Woodland buffalo, in the northern parts of Assiniboia or Saskatchewan, there is now probably not a native buffalo of the plains to be found.
- 1898 The wood buffalo, or--to use a more exact term--woodland bison, is described as larger and darker than the buffalo of the plains.
- 1909 Evidently the beautiful thick coat of the woodland bisons allows them to laugh at the mosquito. . . .
- 1947 Near our campsite we discovered the tracks of many of the woodland buffalo, and the remains of a very smelly skunk.
- 1891 With the exception of the Woodland buffalo, in the northern parts of Assiniboia or Saskatchewan, there is now probably not a native buffalo of the plains to be found.