Elk - Wikipedia
WEBThe elk (pl.: elk or elks; Cervus canadensis), or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia.
Elk (Wapiti) Information | History & Facts About Elk - World Deer
WEBKeep reading to learn everything you want to know about the North American Elk. In today’s article we’ll learn a bit about the history of this deer species, explore the size of Elk, its appearance, relevant Elk sub-species, its preferred …
Wapiti - The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBThe Wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is the second largest (after the moose), most highly evolved Old World deer. It is also known as the American elk.
Wapiti | AMNH - American Museum of Natural History
WEBWapiti are the vacuum cleaners of vegetation. They eat hundreds of species of plants—low, high, tender, tough—as far as they can reach. This eager appetite can cause problems in places where wapiti lack a natural predator: wolves.
Elk | Description, Habitat, Reproduction, & Facts | Britannica
WEBSep 25, 2024 · Elk, the largest and most advanced subspecies of red deer (Cervus elaphus), found in North America and in high mountains of Central Asia. Elk are classic red deer in their biology. However, they are more highly adapted to life in open plains, to grazing, and to cold, long winters.
Roosevelt elk - Wikipedia
WEBThe Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti), also known commonly as the Olympic elk and Roosevelt's wapiti, is the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk (Cervus canadensis) in North America by body mass. [2]
Elk - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
WEBThe elk is a large deer with a short tail and a prominent buff-colored patch on its rump. Males have extremely large antlers, which usually start growing in the spring, being shed in the winter, while females have no antlers. Also, …
Elk - National Geographic
WEBElk are also called wapiti, a Native American word that means “light-colored deer.” Elk are related to deer but are much larger than most of their relatives. A bull (male) elk's antlers may...
Elk (Cervus canadensis) - U.S. National Park Service
WEBJan 10, 2024 · Elk are the second largest deer species in the world and the third heaviest mammal in the United States. Elk are also known as “Wapiti” globally, because in Europe the name "elk" is used for what we in North America know as a "moose".
Elk - Natural Atlas
WEBThe elk (Cervus canadensis), also known as the wapiti, is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in North America, as well as Central and East Asia.