Editing American bison (section)

===Mexico===
[[File:Buffalo in Chihuahua.jpg|thumb|Bison herd grazing in [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]], Mexico]]
The southern extent of the historic range of the American bison includes northern Mexico and adjoining areas in the United States as documented by archeological records and historical accounts from Mexican archives from 700&nbsp;CE to the 19th century. The Janos-Hidalgo bison herd has ranged between Chihuahua, Mexico, and New Mexico, United States, since at least the 1920s.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Historic Distribution and Challenges to Bison Recovery in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert |author1=Rurik List |author2=Gerardo Ceballos |author3=Charles Curtin |author4=Peter J.P. Gogan |author5=Jesus Pacheco |author6=Joe Truett |journal=Conservation Biology |date=November 7, 2007 |volume=21 |number=6 |pages=1487–1494 |doi=10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00810.x |pmid=18173472 |bibcode=2007ConBi..21.1487L |s2cid=30828514 }}</ref> The persistence of this herd suggests that habitat for bison is suitable in northern Mexico. In 2009, genetically pure bison were reintroduced to the [[Janos Biosphere Reserve]] in northern [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]] adding to the Mexican bison population.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Janos Biosphere Reserve, Northern Mexico |author1=Rurik List |author2=Jesus Pacheco |author3=Eduardo Ponce |author4=Rodrigo Sierra-Corona |author5=Gerardo Ceballos |journal=The Journal of International Wilderness |date=August 2010 |volume=16 |number=2 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220048616 |via=ResearchGate |access-date=September 20, 2018 }}</ref> In 2020, the second herd was formed in [[Maderas del Carmen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cemex aids reintroduction of American bison in Northern Mexico |url=https://www.globalcement.com/news/item/10534-cemex-aids-reintroduction-of-american-bison-in-northern-mexico|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=Global Cement |date=March 4, 2020 }}</ref> A private reserve named Jagüey de Ferniza has kept bisons since before the above-mentioned reintroductions in Coahuila.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jagueydeferniza.com/bisonte-americano|title=Fraccionamiento Campestre|access-date=May 13, 2021|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513030433/https://jagueydeferniza.com/bisonte-americano|url-status=dead}}</ref>