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. The proposal that the “hybrid bison” of Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP) be exterminated and replaced with “wood bison” has no taxonomic,justification. The  subspecies Bison  bison  arhubuscae Rhoads 1897 is based on inadequate descriptions  and  taxonomically, invalid criteria - i.e.,  body size and  morphornetrics. Its accepted  pelage features are based on studies of the same herd  of  Nyarling  River (NR) bison  from  Elk Island  National  Park  (EINP).  These  pelage features, assumed  to  be ecotypic confinement effects, which  NR  bison share with EINP bull elk and moose. In bison the display hair acts analogous to deer antlers, which reflect their bearers’ access to highquality food during their growth. NR bison in captivity, in the Mackenzie  Bison  Sanctuary  (MBS),  and the original wood  bison are “northern  plains  bison.”  Nor are WBNP bison  distinguishable from MBS bison. A “wood  bison”  phenotype, was also described as diagnostic for southern  plains  bison (B. b. bison Lmaeus 1758); the northern plains bison was named E. b. montanue Krumbiegel 1980. Consequently, E. b. arhubuscae = B. b. bison, as the latter has priority. Yet  captive  and  introduced NR athubuscue = montanue. Some WBNP bison  resemble E. priscus, supporting  the  view  that B. bison evolved as a hybrid between,American,and Siberian large-homed bison. Hybridization in large mammals,need not be a tragedy for conservation. Key words: wood bison, plains bison, taxonomy, phenotype plasticity, ecotype, display organs, morphometry, subspecies, conservation mud. Le plan  visant  l’extermination du  *bison  hybriden  du  parc  national Wood Buffalo  (PNWB) et son  remplacement  par  le  *bison des bois, n’a aucune justification du point de vue taxonomique. La souseswe,Bison bison athabuscue Rhoads 1897 se fonde sur des descriptions inadkquates et sur des crithres qui ne sont pas valides du point de taxonomique, $I savoir la taille et la morphomttrie. Les attributs reconnus du pelage s’appuient sur des etudes du m&me troupeau de la rivibre Nyarling (RN) dans le parc national Elk Island (PNEI). Ces attributs du pelage, que I’on suppose gene- tiquement determines, dsul‘tent de la limitation des eCotypes, qui affecte le bison de la RN tout comme le caribou et l’orignal mae du PNEI. Chez le bison, la hure (pelage de parade) joue un r6le analogue & celui des andouillers chez le cerf, tous deux refletant I’accbs des animaux & une alimentation t&s nutritive  durant leur croissance. Le bison de la RN en captivit6 dans la Reserve de bisons  Mackenzie  (RBM) et le bison des bois  d’origine sont des abisons des plaines  septentrionalesu. On ne peut  plus faire de distinction entre le bison  du PNWB et le bison  de la RBM. On a aussi deCrit  un phenotype  de  <<bison des bois, pour identifier le bison des plaines  meridionales (E. b. bison Linnaeus 1758); on a appele B. b. montanue Krumbiegel 1980 le bison des plaines septentrionales ; ce qui fait que B. b. athubuscue = B. b. bison, vu que ce dernier a  priorite. Cependant le athubascue en cap- tivit6 et relache dans la RN = montanue. Certains bisons du PNWB ressemblent & E. priscus4 ce qui confirme I’idk que E. bison est le produit d’une hybridation entre le bison  amkricain et le bison siMrien & grandes comes. L’hybridation chez les  grands mammiWres,ne devrait pas constituer une tragkdie pour la conservation. Mots cMs: bison des bois, bison des plaines, taxonomie, plasticit6 des phenotypes, &otype, organes de parade, morphometric, sousesp?ce, conserva-

Phantom Subspecies: The Wood Bison, <i>Bison bison</i> "<i>athabascae</i>" Rhoads 1897 Is Not a Valid Taxon, but an Ecotype