欧洲野牛

歐洲野牛

ōuzhōuyěniú

noun

Measure Word

一头欧洲野牛 tóu

Meanings

1 European bison (Bison bonasus)
2 wisent

Characters

Examples

欧洲野牛一度濒临灭绝，经过多年保育才重新恢复。

Ōuzhōu yěniú yídù bīnlín mièjué, jīngguò duō nián bǎoyù cái chóngxīn huīfù.

The European bison was once on the brink of extinction; only after years of conservation did it recover.

波兰的比亚沃韦扎森林里能看到野生的欧洲野牛。

Bōlán de Bǐyàwòwéizhā sēnlín lǐ néng kàn dào yěshēng de ōuzhōu yěniú.

You can see wild European bison in Poland's Białowieża Forest.

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history

The last wild individuals were poached in 1927 in the Caucasus and Białowieża. All living European bison descend from just 12 captive animals; reintroduction programmes in Poland, Belarus and beyond have since built the population back to over 6,000.

Stroke Order

欧 ōu

洲 zhōu

野 yě

牛 niú