Cervus canadensis

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Artiodactyla • Subordo: Ruminantia • Familia: Cervidae • Subfamilia: Cervinae • Genus: Cervus • Species: Cervus canadensis Erxleben, 1777

Synonyms

Cervus elaphus canadensis (preferred by Mammal Species of the World (2005) & NCBI)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cervus canadensis']

English: Wapiti
Afrikaans: Amerikaanse elk
العربية: إلكة
مصرى: الالكه
Kotava: Karguol
azərbaycanca: Kanada maralı
беларуская (тарашкевіца): алень канадзкі
български: Уапити
བོད་ཡིག: ཤྭ་བ་རྔ་རིང་།
brezhoneg: Wapiti
català: Uapití
Tsetsêhestâhese: Mo'éhe
کوردی: ئێڵک
čeština: Wapiti
dansk: Wapiti
Deutsch: Wapiti
Ελληνικά: άλκη
Esperanto: Kanada cervo
eesti: Vapiti
euskara: Kanadar orein
فارسی: واپیتی
suomi: Vapiti
français: Wapiti
Gaeilge: Fia mór
galego: Uapití
Avañe'ẽ: Uapiti
עברית: אייל קנדי
हिन्दी: गोज़न
hrvatski: Wapiti
magyar: Vapiti
հայերեն: Վապիտի
Bahasa Indonesia: Elk
íslenska: Skógarhjörtur
日本語: ワピチ
Jawa: Elk
қазақша: Вапити
قازاقشا (تٴوتە): ۆاپىيتىي
قازاقشا (جۇنگو): ۆاپىيتىي
қазақша (кирил): Вапити
қазақша (Қазақстан): Вапити
qazaqşa (latın): Vapïtï
qazaqşa (Türkïya): Vapïtï
한국어: 와피티사슴
lietuvių: Elnias vapitis
latviešu: Vapiti
македонски: вапити
മലയാളം: എൽക്
Bahasa Melayu: Elk
norsk bokmål: wapiti
Nederlands: Wapiti
norsk: Wapiti
Diné bizaad: Dzeeh
polski: Jeleń kanadyjski
پنجابی: ایلک
português: Uapiti
Runa Simi: Wapiti
română: Wapiti
русский: Вапити
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Wapiti
Simple English: Wapiti
slovenčina: Jeleň americký
anarâškielâ: Vaapiit
српски / srpski: Вапити
српски (ћирилица): Вапити
srpski (latinica): Vapiti
svenska: Vapiti
Kiswahili: Wapiti
தமிழ்: காட்டுமான்
ไทย: กวางเอลก์
Türkçe: Kanada geyiği
українська: Вапіті
Tiếng Việt: Nai sừng xám
吴语: 加拿大马鹿
ייִדיש: וואפיטי
粵語: 加拿大馬鹿
中文: 加拿大馬鹿
中文（中国大陆）: 加拿大马鹿
中文（简体）: 加拿大马鹿
中文（繁體）: 加拿大馬鹿
中文（香港）: 加拿大馬鹿
中文（新加坡）: 加拿大马鹿
中文（臺灣）: 加拿大馬鹿

Included subspecies (for ITIS, 6 January 2015):

C. c. canadensis, C. c. manitobensis, C. c. nannodes, C. c. nelsoni, C. c. roosevelti, C. c. sibiricus, C. c. songaricus

Mammal Species of the World (v3, 2005) link: Cervus elaphus canadensis Erxleben, 1777

NCBI link: Cervus elaphus canadensis

Elk and Wapiti

Bull elk of Rocky Mountains subspecies nelsoni
Bull elk Rocky Mountains subspecies nelsoni
"Eastern elk" subspecies, now extinct.
Wapiti diorama at the American Museum of the Natural History in NYC.
Packwood, Washington
Packwood, Washington
Elk in Redwood National and State Parks
Elk in Redwood National and State Parks
Elk in Redwood National and State Parks
An Elk at Gibbon Meadow, Yellowstone National Park
Elk at National Elk Refuge
Elk fawn
Elk fawn nursing
Bull elk Rocky Mountains subspecies nelsoni with antlers in velvet
Elk in early Spring, antlers in early growth
Elk in early summer
Elk in mid summer
Elk bulls "posturing" for dominance
Eye of a Wapiti
Yellowstone Digital Slide File Home Page archive copy at the Wayback Machine - Elk archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Yellowstone Digital Slide File Home Page archive copy at the Wayback Machine - Elk archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Yellowstone Digital Slide File Home Page archive copy at the Wayback Machine - Elk archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Elk herd (bull, cows & calves) at Mammoth Hot Springs; September 1997
subspecies manitobensis, at the Prague ZOO
North Carolina Elk
North Carolina Elk
North Carolina Elk
North Carolina Elk
Tule Elk at Point Reyes National Seashore, California, USA.
Areale (2012)

Cervus canadensis

Elk and Wapiti

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