{"id":17366,"date":"2019-01-11T13:32:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T12:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/blog\/?p=17366"},"modified":"2019-01-11T13:32:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T12:32:07","slug":"when-is-a-buffalo-not-a-buffalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=17366","title":{"rendered":"When is a buffalo not a buffalo?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things that came up at the French Conversation Group last night was the difference between buffalo and bison, and the words for them in French.<\/p>\n<h3>American bison \/ le bison d&#8217;Am\u00e9rique du Nord<\/h3>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zagrev\/279028320\/in\/photolist-qE6p7-CpxpVk-9N1uBi-cuK3t3-a1SxRA-86aEPB-UU4eoS-9mQ2nc-8eXLjH-4YC515-8tp15B-bCXLMV-V9u3rv-bUfxri-qo8JfZ-CgW8e-4rBLVg-VmfPEN-XoejdR-RFUU2-8no15v-nspDAX-pJ5Kvw-9N1axF-8znD9X-Xs6juK-27fEKef-dDtf6W-Gv59Br-8CFKkV-R7L5g2-cVPfaw-g7UP3J-dbt5Cm-dTv78Z-2GTzW-Wh5XmL-9N1wwD-a1TDDR-CeUQF3-dbt2HT-8zqNd9-DxkaB-MGvuM-4rFND5-27WvpKG-dbt34X-fBA4Bg-a1Su5s-g9x5D3\" title=\"Where the Buffalo Roam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/105\/279028320_6089f3dc0c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Where the Buffalo Roam\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\"\/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The creature found North America commonly known as a buffalo is actually a bison or American bison, and the its scientific name is <em>Bison bison<\/em>. There are two subspieces: the plains bison (<em>Bison bison bison<\/em>) &#8211; so good they named it thrice &#8211; and the wood bison (<em>Bison bison athabascae<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>In French it&#8217;s known as <em>le bison<\/em> or <em>le bison d&#8217;Am\u00e9rique du Nord<\/em>. The plains bison is known as <em>le bison des plaines<\/em>, and the wood bison as <em>le bison des bois<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bison_d%27Am%C3%A9rique_du_Nord\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<h3>European bison \/ le bison d&#8217;Europe<\/h3>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/miro_krol\/45745867484\/in\/photolist-2cGpwDb-2dmMWqV-nXz1by-2aNW5U9-PUGFDZ-qzvZDe-qzs9PU-NYnDy9-pCwk33-VCj317-RHGys7-28Gtxxh-27FqiNq-Mc3Zsx-qzvZNn-Wa5dwA-fUKsVL-qzs9vh-rCUtqN-UM83EL-oXQQU5-28WkZ3C-2dwEJYw-kWUHWu-RqWGyb-22HnHrc-VdWjWE-k25zez-dUjYSJ-26r67d7-qzmeRZ-m9Xrmr-mphq2w-cGgwJA-dUVFCK-dUjYx9-ScHybF-28GtxU9-nNyQod-o3qzJF-q8oqP1-x3kd3A-WQo5WA-7Ehz6N-24H1c52-sk3tSX-2brTdpV-kNn8n8-MZoV8W-RR5mgD\" title=\"\u017bubry\/European bisons #4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4808\/45745867484_af9b55b97b_z.jpg\" alt=\"\u017bubry\/European bisons #4\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\"\/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There is also a European bison (<em>Buson bonasus<\/em>), which was hunted to extinction by the early 20th century, but was kept alive in captivity, and has since been reintroduced into the wild [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bison\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In French it is known as <em>le bison d&#8217;Europe<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bison_d%27Europe\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<h3>Africa buffalo \/ le buffle d&#8217;afrique<\/h3>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/125118261@N05\/35726175832\/in\/photolist-WqZZoQ-2Y5qnU-ZzTwwk-56K65X-2cmJsWU-hLZj2Q-MHPM5M-5Bjbtj-A3jP8k-yChhet-M9M5x6-o4xq3t-DwnzA6-5WycW1-pttWba-8L1XX7-VhckRW-REKnTp-uZsfZj-2dTLY6e-2cv3XwM-2dTLXFg-2cv3X3R-2dTLXoT-2b8aUHG-vhmvYF-2cv3Xia-2dTLXxv-2cv3WUp-986vH5-3dTya1-VCBkdT-5SXiVY-edmbKh-eD3xRu-22kcHCM-2bbLBd-nw2C3V-VJC5vf-bCYPtt-rmBZNR-rBVd2-p1Mcix-6SfSfp-oprUiu-6KLHUC-pbZPcX-4T3UDC-VF2fCN-CTPd5v\" title=\"Cape Buffalo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4234\/35726175832_81f3b57532_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cape Buffalo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"\/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are several species of buffalo in African, including the African buffalo or Cape buffalo (<em>Syncerus caffer<\/em>) in southern and eastern Africa, the African forest buffalo (<em>Syncerus caffer nanus<\/em>) in central and west Africa, the Sudanese buffalo (<em>Syncerus caffer brachyceros<\/em>) in west Africa, and the Nile buffalo (<em>Syncerus caffer aequinoctialis<\/em>) in east Africa [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_buffalo\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In French the African\/Cape buffalo is known as <em>le buffle d&#8217;afrique<\/em>, <em>le buffle noir des savanes<\/em> or <em>le grand buffle noir des savanes<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buffle_d%27Afrique\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<h3>Water buffalo \/ le buffle domestique<\/h3>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/geoffwhalan\/16282168739\/in\/photolist-qNNnve-QNCPEP-qNGspf-26qC8y2-njAwK8-23CqjZv-TiNPgr-gBSYVM-q8HviC-26awznD-6xqpgQ-8ALBb7-fAL1E4-QFfvfN-7jA2WM-78tUkp-qQv8Hi-7jDX5s-8EnXDV-PCFPWG-7jA5gB-gMnksD-4ZeoJ1-8AHvmR-fiS4VE-4Mytwm-Gzv6tb-9NFmxc-sSmg6h-sSwDMD-2aLQa5Q-PpeLcA-27t62Pj-ALoRsq-F7NzSw-Fvsa36-Gn8qZE-28ZJSRp-cnJaCN-PCE5wE-e3Jgp2-6tQMFq-27hQLak-7jA3K2-aeqkkS-6cnFeh-27NwEkR-e3Jgxg-2bPqt5S-qWPc63\" title=\"Asian Water Buffalo.01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7380\/16282168739_457730f261_z.jpg\" alt=\"Asian Water Buffalo.01\" width=\"640\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The water buffalo (<em>Bubalus bubalis<\/em>) originating in South Asia, Southeast Asia and China, and is now found in other places [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Water_buffalo\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In French it&#8217;s known as <em>le buffle domestique<\/em> or <em>le buffle d&#8217;Asie<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bubalus_bubalis\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things that came up at the French Conversation Group last night was the difference between buffalo and bison, and the words for them in French. American bison \/ le bison d&#8217;Am\u00e9rique du Nord The creature found North America commonly known as a buffalo is actually a bison or American bison, and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,111,10,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-french","category-language","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}