The European lynx, the bison, the wolf, the wolverine, and the brown bear are the “The Big 5 of Europa” – the continent’s five most impressive wild mammals.
The bison or European bison lived in the European primeval forests until the Middle Ages.
Today, the European bison is critically endangered and the last free-living bison was shot in the Caucasus in 1927.
In 2008 and 2014, the bison was the animal of the year in Germany.
