Wisent
Bos bonasus Linnaeus, 1758
Status not recordedmammals
The wisent (Bos bonasus) is a species in the family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. Recorded adults weigh 500 kg to 731.4 kg and live up to 27 years.
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Quick facts about the wisent
- Weight
- 500 kg – 731.4 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 27 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 33.5 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 274 dayssrc for Gestation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 2.25 years – 2.5 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the wisent live?
Not recorded
Is the wisent endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the wisent classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderArtiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- genusBos
- SpeciesBos bonasus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms Bison bonasus, Bison bonasus bonasus, Bison bonasus hungarorum, Bison europaeus, Bos bonasus bonasus, Bos bonasus hungarorum
Other names and names in other languages (97)
- Eurasian bisonEnglish
- Eurasiatic bisonEnglish
- European bisonEnglish
- European WisentEnglish
- Europese BisonAfrikaans
- Europese BuffelAfrikaans
- ويسنتArabic
- البيسون الأوروبيArabic
- بيسون أوراسيArabic
- بيسون أوروبيArabic
- بيسون أوروبيِArabic
- Bisont europeuAragonese
- Bisonte européuAsturian
- gartukoleemKotava
- ЗубрBelarusian
- Еўрапейскі зубрBelarusian
- Зубр еўрапейскіBelarusian
- зубърBulgarian
- Европейски бизонBulgarian
- Bizon EuropaBreton
- bisó europeuCatalan
- Акха стуChechen
- zubr evropskýCzech
- Bizon evropskýCzech
- Europæisk bisonDanish
- WisenteGerman
- Europäischer BisonGerman
- Europäisches BisonGerman
- ευρωπαϊκός βίσοναςGreek
- Ευρασιατικός ΒίσωναςGreek
- ευρωπαϊκός βίσωναςGreek
- Eŭropa bizonoEsperanto
- euroopa piisonEstonian
- Europako bisonteBasque
- ویسنتPersian
- گاو میش کوهاندار اروپاییPersian
- visenttiFinnish
- VisundurFaroese
- Europeiskur bisonurFaroese
- Bison européenFrench
- Bison d'EuropeFrench
- WiisentNorthern Frisian
- Bisont europeanFriulian
- WisintWestern Frisian
- Bíosún EorpachIrish
- ביזון אירופיHebrew
- ביזון אירופאיHebrew
- Europski bizonCroatian
- žubrUpper Sorbian
- európai bölényHungarian
- ԶուբրArmenian
- ԱնտառացուլArmenian
- Bison EropaIndonesian
- Bisonte europeeInterlingua
- Bisonte EuropeoItalian
- ヨーロッパバイソンJapanese
- დომბაGeorgian
- ДомбейKabardian
- 유럽들소Korean
- StumbrasLithuanian
- SumbrsLatvian
- Bison EropahMalay
- Béésh Bichʼahníí Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ ayáníNavajo
- Europeisk BisonNorwegian Bokmål
- Europese bizonDutch
- VisentNorwegian Nynorsk
- ДомбайOssetic
- ŻubrPolish
- Żubr europejskiPolish
- یورپی بائسنWestern Panjabi
- Bisão-europeuPortuguese
- Bisonte europeuPortuguese
- Bisonte-europeuPortuguese
- ZimbruRomanian
- Европейский зубрRussian
- Eвропейский зубрRussian
- StombrosSamogitian
- Zubor lesnýSlovak
- Zubor európskySlovak
- ZoberSlovenian
- Evropski bizonSlovenian
- Bizoni evropianAlbanian
- европски бизонSerbian
- ஐரோப்பிய காட்டெருமைTamil
- ไบซันยุโรปThai
- Europeong bisonFilipino
- Kafkas öküzüTurkish
- Avrupa bizonuTurkish
- Европаысь бизонUdmurt
- Біловезький зубрUkrainian
- Європейський зубрUkrainian
- Бізон європейськийUkrainian
- ZubrUzbek
- Bò bizon châu ÂuVietnamese
- 歐洲野牛Cantonese
- 欧洲野牛Chinese
- Bizonê EwropaZaza
Relatives of the wisent
Other species in the same genus Bos.
Aurochs
Bos primigenius
Gaur
Bos gaurus
Wild yak
Bos mutus
Yak
Bos grunniens
Banteng
Bos javanicus
Kouprey
Bos sauveli
CompareWisent vs AurochsWisent vs GaurWisent vs Wild yakWisent vs Yak
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the wisent?
An adult wisent weighs 500 kg – 731.4 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the wisent live?
The wisent has a recorded lifespan of 27 years.
How long is the wisent pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 274 days.
What kind of animal is the wisent?
The wisent (Bos bonasus) belongs to the family Bovidae in the order Artiodactyla.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1
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