The Polish Post issued a stamp set series feature the European Bison (Bison bonasus) on December 4th, 1996. The stamp set was designed by J.Wysocki and composed of 4 stamps with same value.
The European bison or Bison bonasus , is a species of Eurasian bison.The European bison is the heaviest surviving land animal in Europe. A typical European bison is about 2.8 to 3 m long and 1.8 to 2.2 m tall, and weighs 300 to 920 kg .It is typically lighter than the related American Bison (Bison bison), and has shorter hair on the neck, head and forequarters, but longer tail and horns.
Wisent , also called for the European Bison, were once hunted to extinction in the wild, but they have since been reintroduced from captivity into several countries in Eastern Europe. They are now forest-dwelling.
