Red Deer
:This article is about the animal; for other uses of the name, see Red deer (disambiguation).
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Numerous - see text.
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Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), known as elk or wapiti in North America, are the second largest species of deer in the world.
Related Topics:
North America - Deer
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Cervus elaphus has twenty subspecies in Europe, including some on the endangered species list:
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- Bactrian deer (C. e. bactrianus),
- Barbary deer (C. e. barbarus),
- Corsican red deer (C. e. corsicanus),
- Asiatic hangul or Kashmir deer (C. e. hanglu),
- Isyubra deer/Manchurian red deer/Izubr stag (C. e. xanthopygos),
- Szechuan red deer or McNeill's red deer (C. e. macneilli),
- Shou (C. e. affims) and
- Yarkand deer (C. e. yarkandanseis).
- Alshansk or Ala-Shan red deer (C. e. alshanicus),
- Altai red deer (C. e. asiaticus or sibiricus),
- Balkan red deer (C. e. hippelaphus),
- Kansu red deer (C. e. kansuensis),
- Maral (C. e. sibiricus),
- Norwegian red deer (C. e. atlanticus),
- Scottish red deer (C. e. scoticus),
- Shingielt red deer (C. e. wachei),
- Spanish red deer (C. e. hispanicus),
- Swedish red deer (C. e. elaphus),
- Tien-Shan red deer (C. e. songaricus), and
- Wallich's deer (C. e. Wallichii).
- Rocky Mountain elk or Yellowstone elk (C. e. nelsoni),
- Manitoba elk (C. e. manatobensis),
- Roosevelt elk or Olympic elk (C. e. roosevelti), and
- Tule elk (C. e. nannodes) still survive.
Four of six subspecies of elk in North America survive, with an estimated population of about ten million:
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The Eastern elk (C. e. canadensis) and the Merriam's elk (C. e. merriami) are considered extinct.
Related Topics:
Eastern elk - Merriam's elk
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~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | In Europe |
| ► | In North America |
| ► | Rutting behavior |
| ► | Interbreeding of subspecies |
| ► | External references |
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