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![a bison skull pile, ca 1870.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Bison_skull_pile-restored.jpg/300px-Bison_skull_pile-restored.jpg)
A pile of bison skulls (circa 1870).
The North American bison were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century and were reduced to very small numbers by the mid-1880s.
Credit: Great Plains Restoration Council |
The North American bison were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century and were reduced to very small numbers by the mid-1880s.