Animal directory
European Bison
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for European Bison.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Bison bonasus
- Enclosures
- Habitat
- Status
- Near threatened
- Status code
- NT
- Regions
- Europe
- Biomes
- Taiga, Temperate
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Mammals
- Revealed
- 2026-06-23
- Status groups
- Near threatened
- Tax class
- Mammalia
- Tax family
- Bovidae
- Tax genus
- Bison
- Tax order
- Artiodactyla
- Wild population
- 2,518
- Wild population count
- 2518
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- 3
- Barrier height
- 1.25 m
- Climb proof
- No
- Water barrier
- No
- Temp min
- -15 °C
- Temp max
- 28 °C
- Area land min
- 420 m²
- Area land
- 420 m² + 105 m² per extra animal
- Area climbing
- Unknown
- Area deep water
- Unknown
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- 15 m² per animal
- Area water
- Unknown
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 15-100%
- Salinity
- Unknown
- Terrain
- Grass 30-100%, Sand 0-40%, Soil 20-100%, Rock 0-20%, Snow 0-100%, Waterlogged 0-20%
- Water barrier depth
- Unknown
- Water barrier width
- Unknown
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- 2-13 (up to 1 male, up to 12 females)
- Life expectancy
- 14-28 years
- Bachelor females
- 1-13
- Bachelor males
- 1-8
- Breeding difficulty
- Very Easy
- Gestation
- 8.7 months
- Gestation months
- 8.7 months
- Group name
- Herd
- Interbirth
- 15.3 months
- Interbirth months
- 15.3 months
- Litter label
- Litter size
- Litter size
- 1
- Mating season
- Autumn
- Mating system
- Polygynous
- Maturity age
- 3 years
- Maturity years
- 3 years
- Shoal fish
- No
- Shoal size
- Unknown
- Sterility age
- 20 years
- Sterility years
- 20 years
Other facts
- Diet
- Hay, Herbivore Pellets
- Colony size
- Unknown
- Colour morphs
- Leucistic
- Dominance
- Matriarchal herds and dominant bulls
- Enrichment
- Grab Ball, Large Ball, Mud Bath, Plant Screen, Rubbing Pillar, Skittle
- Exhibit types
- Unknown
- Feeders
- Barrel Feeder - Hanging, Barrel Feeder - Large, Food Trough - Large, Food Trough - Medium, Food Trough - Small, Grazing Ball Feeder, Hanging Grazer Feeder, Melon Feeder, Scarecrow Feeder, Wall Feeder - Large, Wall Feeder - Medium, Wall Feeder - Small
- Nest
- Unknown
- Offspring dispersal
- Male offspring
- Size female
- 1.83 m
- Size male
- 2 m
- Size max
- 2 m
- Size measure
- Shoulder height
- Temperature
- -15 to 28°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Unknown
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Ground Water Fountain - Small, Water Pipe
- Weather dislikes
- Unknown
- Weight female
- Unknown
- Weight female text
- Unknown
- Weight juvenile
- 77 kg
- Weight male
- Unknown
- Weight male text
- Unknown
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Thriving Requirement 1: at least 8 objects or plants with the Bushes tag | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Thriving Requirement 2: Water Surface Area; European Bison Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Release groups and release to the wild | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Thriving Requirement 3: Food Grade 2; Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Before this level: an Observation Network (Observation Platform) in Poland Reserve and this species released in Poland Reserve |
| Level 5 | Thriving Requirement 4: at least 50% native plants | Unknown |
| Level 6 | Thriving Requirement 5: Mud Bath, at least 2; Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Observation network present at Poland Reserve AND European Bison released at Poland Reserve
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Mixed Group | Mixed group | 1 to 3 males, 4 to 10 females |
| Bull Group | Male group | 2 to 8 males |
Release requirements
| Requirement type | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Ecosystems Required | Pastures |
| Ecosystems Required | Flourishing Open Canopy Forest |
| Ecosystems Required | Flourishing Closed Canopy Forest |
(established AND flourishing AND flourishing)
Pastures
Flourishing Open Canopy Forest
Flourishing Closed Canopy Forest
European Bison2
Barriers at this grade3
Feeders12
Enrichment items6
Water sources2
Research levels1
Related entries125
- Water sources · Water Pipe (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Bordetellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Large Ball (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Tetanus (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Scarecrow Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Trough - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Food Trough - Small (Requires / provides)
- Water sources · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Melon Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Glass (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Plant Screen (Used by / linked from)
- Has release groups · European Bison (Requires / provides)
- Objectives · No Ifs, No Putts (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Grazing Ball Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Melon Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · European Bison (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Plant Screen (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Wood Logs (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Tularemia (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Wire Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Plant Screen (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Barrel Feeder - Hanging (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Grazing Ball Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Salmonellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Release requires ecosystem · Closed Canopy Forest · Flourishing Closed Canopy Forest (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Wire Netting (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Melon Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Scarecrow Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Rubbing Pillar (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Wood Logs (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Rubbing Pillar (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Listeriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Skittle (Requires / provides)
- Has research · European Bison (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Skittle (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Botulism Toxicosis (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Hanging Grazer Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Ecosystems · European Bison (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Wall Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Uses water source · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Rotavirus (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Food Trough - Large (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Large Ball (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Food Trough - Medium (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Barrel Feeder - Hanging (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Hanging Grazer Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Temperate (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Wall Feeder - Small (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Q Fever (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Grazing Ball Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Biomes · Temperate (Requires / provides)
- Asked species · Animal Reintroduction projects (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Large Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Mud Bath (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Food Trough - Small (Used by / linked from)
- European bison · European Bison (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Food Trough - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Avian Influenza (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Wall Feeder - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Barrel Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Food Trough - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Wall Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Mud Bath (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Foot And Mouth Disease (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Barrel Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Wire Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Barrel Feeder - Hanging (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · European Bison (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Melon Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Scarecrow Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Ecosystems · Closed Canopy Forest (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Taiga (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Food Trough - Medium (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Large Ball (Used by / linked from)
- European bison · European Bison (Requires / provides)
- Researches species · European Bison (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Plant Screen (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Hanging Grazer Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Skittle (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Campylobacteriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Cowpox Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Grazing Ball Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Research levels · European Bison (Requires / provides)
- Ecosystems · Open Canopy Forest (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Water Pipe (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Grab Ball (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Taiga (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Barrel Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Trough - Small (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Wall Feeder - Medium (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Rubbing Pillar (Requires / provides)
- Reward species · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Release requires ecosystem · Open Canopy Forest · Flourishing Open Canopy Forest (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Barrel Feeder - Hanging (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Barrel Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Grab Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Uses water source · Water Pipe (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · MRSA (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Wall Feeder - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Scarecrow Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Taiga (Used by / linked from)
- Ecosystems · Pastures (Requires / provides)
- Lives in biome · Taiga (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Wall Feeder - Small (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Hanging Grazer Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Skittle (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Trough - Large (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Wall Feeder - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Wall Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Mud Bath (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Food Trough - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Grab Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Temperate (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Food Trough - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Release requires ecosystem · Pastures · Pastures (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Rubbing Pillar (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Mud Bath (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Temperate (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Wood Logs (Requires / provides)
- Animals given as rewards · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Grab Ball (Requires / provides)
Sources46
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/animals/european-bison ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/barriers/glass ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/barriers/wire-netting ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/barriers/wood-logs ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/biomes ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/biomes/taiga ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/biomes/temperate ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/career/poland-reserve ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/conservation-projects/animal-reintroduction ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/conservation-projects/wildlife-care ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/barrel-feeder-hanging ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/barrel-feeder-large ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/food-trough-large ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/food-trough-medium ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/food-trough-small ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/grab-ball ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/grazing-ball-feeder ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/ground-water-fountain-small ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/hanging-grazer-feeder ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/large-ball ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/melon-feeder ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/mud-bath ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/plant-screen ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/rubbing-pillar ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/scarecrow-feeder ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/skittle ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/wall-feeder-large ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/wall-feeder-medium ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/wall-feeder-small ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/water-pipe ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/release-groups/european-bison ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/avian-influenza ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/bordetellosis ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/botulism-toxicosis ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/campylobacteriosis ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/cowpox-virus ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/european-bison ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/foot-and-mouth-disease ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/listeriosis ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/mrsa ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/q-fever ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/rotavirus ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/salmonellosis ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/tetanus ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/tularemia ·