Tule Elk
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see wapiti.
More on Tule Elk
Wapiti - large North American deer, Cervus canadensis, closely related to the Old World red deer.
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].
Gold prospectors almost wiped out the tule elk in the 1840's. In 1885 there were only 28. This number has now increased, mainly because of three reserves in California's chaparral region. They are no longer considered endangered.
Koch, D.B. 1994. Biopolitical management of mountain lions, tule elk, and black bears in California. Papers of the International Conference on Bear Research and Management 9(1):561-566.
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.
 See also: Wapiti, Deer, Elk, Red Deer, American elk
|
