European bison

Key facts

• European bison lives in Poland, Belarus, Romania, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Slovakia.
• Group: Mammals.
• It weighs about 700 kg (1,540 lb).
• A typical adult is about 3 m (9.84 ft) long.
• It lives about 20 years.
• Diet: herbivore.
• Habitat: forest.
• The European bison is the heaviest wild land animal in Europe.