Context: The American bison is a large bovid which inhabited much of western North America prior to the 1800s, living on the prairies in large herds. However, the vast herds of bison attracted market hunters, who killed dozens of bison for their hides only, leaving the rest to rot. Thousands of these hunters quickly eliminated the bison herds, bringing the population from several million in the early 1800s to a few hundred by the 1880s. Conservation efforts have allowed the population to increase, but the bison remains near-threatened.

Question: What type of creature is the American bison?
Answer: a large bovid

Question: What did the American bison inhabit much of prior to the 1800s?
Answer: western North America

Question: What did market hunters leave the parts of the bison they didn't need to do?
Answer: rot

Question: What was the population of bison herds around prior to being eliminated by thousands of market hunters?
Answer: several million

Question: What is the current status of bison?
Answer: near-threatened

Question: What did large herds of bison attract?
Answer: market hunters

Question: What part of North America did the bison live?
Answer: western

Question: Why were the bison killed?
Answer: for their hides

Question: What did hunter do with the rest of the bison?
Answer: leaving the rest to rot

Question: What do bison still remain?
Answer: near-threatened

Question: What area did market hunters come from in the 1880's?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How much did a bison hide cost in the 1800's?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What was the population of the US in 1880?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What areas of the US were settled first in 1880?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What were buildings prone to when built in a prarie area?
Answer: Unanswerable