Bison priscus ya zauna a arewacin Arewacin Amirka a duk sauran Pleistocene. A yammacin Arewacin Amirka, B. priscus ya samo asali ne a cikin bison mai tsawo, B. latifrons, wanda ya samo asali a cikin B. antiquus. B. latifrons mafi girma ya mutu da kimanin 20,000 ya. Bayan mutuwar B. latifrons, B. latifrons ya zama mafi yawa a sassa na Arewacin Amirka daga 18,000 ya zuwa kimanin 10,000 ya, bayan haka nau'in ya tashi zuwa nau'in rayuwa, B. bison B. antiquus shine mafi yawan dabbobi masu shayarwa daga Siberia a kan Bering Land Bridge.
tsakanin shekaru 240,000 zuwa 220,000 da suka wuce