The European bison is the heaviest surviving wild land animal in Europe; a typical European bison is about 2.1 to 3.5 m 6.9 to 11.5 ft long, not counting a tail of 30 to 80 cm 12 to 31 in long, and 1.6 to 1.95 m 5.2 to 6.4 ft tall. At birth, calves are quite small, weighing between 15 and 35 kg 33 and 77 lb. In the free-ranging population of the Białowieża Forest of Belarus and Poland, body masses among adults aged 6 and over are 634 kg 1,398 lb on average in the cases of males, with a range of 400 to 920 kg 880 to 2,030 lb, and of 424 kg 935 lb among females, with a range of 300 to 540 kg 660 to 1,190 lb. An occasional big bull European bison can weigh up to 1,000 kg 2,200 lb or more.

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