Rocky Mountain Elk
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see wapiti.
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Wapiti - large North American deer, Cervus canadensis, closely related to the Old World red deer.
Rocky Mountain elk bulls weigh 300-370 kg (700-800 lb) and cows 200-250 kg (450-550 lb). Bulls may stand five feet at the shoulder, with legs three feet long and body lengths of eight feet.
Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) occur primarily in the mountain ranges and shrublands east of the Cascades crest. Small herds have been established, or reestablished, throughout other parts of western Washington.
ABBREVIATION : CECA COMMON NAMES : elk wapiti Canadian elk eastern elk Roosevelt elk Merriam elk tule elk Manitoban elk Rocky Mountain elk TAXONOMY : The currently accepted scientific name for the elk is Cervus canadensis [53].
Forest Service introduced Rocky Mountain elk in Franklin County's Black Mountain Refuge in 1933. Three bulls and eight cows from Wichita National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma were released.
CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease) naturally occurs in North American deer, moose and Rocky Mountain Elk. It belongs to a group of infectious diseases known as "transmissible spongiform encephalopathies" (TSEs).
These subspecies included the Rocky Mountain elk (C. e. nelsoni), Manitoba elk (C. e. manitobensis), Roosevelt elk (C. e. roosevelti), Tule elk (C. e. nannodes), Merriam elk (C. e. merriami), and Eastern elk (C. e. canadensis). Today, C. e.
the Outdoor Heritage Foundation of Alaska (OHFA), the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), the Friends of the NRA, the Alaska Interior Marksmanship Committee (AIM-COMM), the Rocky Mountain Elk ...
to disappear from the settled regions until only remnant herds remained in the Rocky Mountains, parts of the Pacific Northwest, and Canada. In fact, the Eastern elk, which historically roamed the Black Hills, are extinct. In 1914, Rocky Mountain elk ...
 See also: Elk, Deer, Wapiti, Moose, Bull
  
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