Railroads brought tourists, trappers, and traders to hunt in the Indian Territory and the Plains. Which animal was nearly driven to extinction by these hunts?

Railroads made it easier for hunters to reach the Plains, where large-scale hunting greatly reduced the bison population. Bison are commonly called buffalo, so the animal nearly driven to extinction was the buffalo. Cattle were domesticated livestock, not the wild animal targeted in these hunts.

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