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For the other deer species called elk, see Moose.
Cervus canadensis2006
A male wapiti

The Wapiti or elk (Cervus canadensis) is a species of deer. It lives in North America and eastern Asia.

Images for kids

  • Photograph of elk crossing a rock face

    Elk crossing a rock face at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park

  • Photograph of two bull elk sparring

    parring bull elks in Banff National Park, Canada

  • Photograph of a herd of elk

    A herd of Roosevelt's elk

  • Photograph of a Rocky Mountain elk

    Rocky Mountain elk

  • Boys Will Be Boys (8595525930)

    Elk bulls sparring

  • Photograph of a female elk nursing her calf

    A female nursing her calf

  • Photograph of an elk herd in winter

    lk wintering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, after migrating there during the fall

  • Photograph of a number of elk pellets

    Elk pellet group

  • Aerial photograph a bull elk in winter being pursued by four wolves

    Single bull elk in winter are vulnerable to predation by wolves.

  • ElkShedding

    A bull elk in spring, shedding its winter coat and with its antlers covered in velvet

  • Photograph of three bull elk on a range

    Bull elk on a captive range in Nebraska. These elk, originally from Rocky Mountain herds, exhibit modified behavior due to having been held in captivity, under less selective pressure

  • Photograph of a Kiowa couple showing elk teeth on the woman's dress

    A Kiowa couple. The woman on the right is wearing an elk tooth dress.

  • Audubon-eastern-elk

    Illustration of eastern elk

  • The deer of all lands (1898) Altai wapiti

    Illustration of Altai wapiti

  • The deer of all lands (1898) Bedford's deer

    Illustration of Manchurian wapiti

  • The deer of all lands (1898) Hangul

    Illustration of Kashmir stag

See also

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