This is an authentic buffalo or bison skull with the original horns. The horns are removable and not glued to the sheath. Clean and ready for it's place in your home or office. Easily hung on your wall or can be laid flat.
For the Plains Native Americans the Buffalo was the life blood of their culture both religiously and for subsistence. All parts of the Bison were used in some form or another. Dried buffalo meat, called pemmican, mixed with nuts and berries was a primary food source. Buffalo bones were also carved to make knives, and boiled to make glue. Buffalo skin could be used to make tipis, clothes, moccasins, bedding, parflèches, saddle covers and water-bags. Buffalo sinews were used as bowstrings and thread.
The American bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo or simply buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds. On May 9th, 2016, President Obama officially named the American bison the national mammal by signing the National Bison Legacy Act. (The bald eagle will keep its status as a national symbol.)
The term buffalo is sometimes considered to be a misnomer for this animal, and could be confused with "true" buffaloes, the Asian water buffalo and the African buffalo. Bison is a Greek word meaning ox-like animal, while the name "buffalo" originated with the French fur trappers who called these massive beasts bœufs, meaning ox or bullock in French. The name buffalo is listed in many dictionaries as an acceptable name for American buffalo or bison. The term buffalo dates to 1625 in North American usage when the term was first recorded for the American mammal. It has a much longer history than the term bison, which was first recorded in 1774.
There are roughly 30,000 individual wild Buffalo or Bison in North America at this time: Six wild (free-ranging, not confined primarily by fencing or for commercial use) herds of plains bison occur in the natural range of this subspecies: two in Canada, three in the United States (Arizona, Utah, and Alaska) and one in Mexico. There are ten wild populations of wood bison within the natural range of the sub-species; all are in Canada. Wood bison no longer live in the wild in Alaska, once a part of their previous natural range.
There are two closely related subspecies of bison: the wood bison and plains bison. Physical and genetic differences distinguish the two subspecies. The wood bison is the largest living, native terrestrial mammal in North America. It is generally larger than the Plains Bison the average weight of mature males being roughly 2,000 pounds. The hump is much sharper with highest point of the hump being forward of front legs. The Plains Bison is somewhat smaller with a bull weighing in the neighborhood of 1500 pounds. The hump is more rounded with the highest point occurring more over the front legs. Please see the pictures.
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Are shipping rates are fixed relative to the amount spent, generally, and are listed below. They are some exceptions as the boxes get bigger or heavier. All the carriers charge more for bigger & heavier boxes. We are shipping with USPS Priority and UPS Ground. UPS is about 4 to 5 days, and USPS is 3- 5 days. We use Fed Ex for overnight shipping.
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- Standard Ground Shipping $0.00–$50.00 $9.50 USD
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FedEx Next Day Shipping
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Whether you are shipping to a customer or to family, near or far, there are times when it just needs to be there overnight. Choose next-business-day delivery. Take advantage of a variety of options with FedEx Priority Overnight and FedEx Standard Overnight. The order has to be into us before 10 am to be delivered the next day. Anything after that will not be delivered for 2 days. Ordering at 10 pm at night the order will not get there the next day & we will not refund the shipping. Overnight orders received after 10 am on a Friday will not go out until Monday.
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- We ship to Military APO (Army Post Office) and FPO (Naval Fleet Post Office) addresses. All APO/FPO packages will be shipped by USPS Priority Mail. When shipping to APO/FPO addresses: USA is the country; the recipient's unit number is the address; APO or FPO is the city; AA, AP or AE is the state; and the zip code is entered just like a standard domestic zip code. Please test the address on the National Address Server and use all 9 digits of the zip code, if given. If you need more information on how to ship to APOs/FPOs, please visit this Post Office Page The Military Post Office System has a hotline for questions about shipping to APOs/FPOs: 1-800-810-6098.
Shipping to Canada
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Please note: We do ship to Canada, but there may be additional taxes/duties charged that the recipient will be responsible for paying. This may also include delayed delivery and require that the recipient retrieve the item from a customs office.
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