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Some facts about the
Red deer
Adult weight : 200 kg (440 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 32 years
Female maturity :852 days
Male maturity : 730 days
Gestation : 245 days
Weaning : 156 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Weight at birth : 10.1 kg (22.22 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 56.5 kg (124.3 lbs)
Basal metabolic rate : 112 W
Body mass : 67 kg (147.4 lbs)
Elk, red deer, or wapiti
Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Cervinae
Species : Cervus elaphus
The Elk, red deer, wapiti is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, North, Korea, South, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States and UzbekistanHabitats
Forest, Grassland, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation, Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry forest, Subtropical / Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical / Tropical Moist Montane, Temperate forest, Temperate Grassland and Temperate Shrubland
Facts about the elk, red deer, or wapiti
Commonly called "elk" in this country, wapiti is a preferred name because elsewhere in the world "elk" refers to the animal we call moose. (Full text)
each week and all of them tell us the same thing: shopping for an inexpensive T1 line and determining T1 availability in Wapiti is never easy. (Full text)
Wapiti or Cervus elaphus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . (Full text)
The elk (sometimes called the wapiti), Cervus elaphus, is a popular big game animal native to North America, Eurasia, and parts of Africa. (Full text)
The wapiti is grayish brown, with a chestnut mane and yellowish rump patch and short tail. (Full text)
Our Wapiti is one of our largest pieces, and is featured in How They're Made. (Full text)
During the fall mating season, the male Wapiti Elk (cervus elaphus) is blessed with a hormonal structure that allows him to give world-class multiple sex performances as little as three minutes apart – and do this as many as 20 times a day! (Full text)
WAPITI Lives of Passion Also known as Wapiti, Elk (Cervus elaphus) is the same species as Red Deer of Europe. (Full text)
Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) is the Eurasian twin of North America Elk (Cervus elaphus). (Full text)
Elk -- Wapiti -- Cervus elaphus, is a very large cervid, with thick neck and slender legs. (Full text)
The Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) is a species of deer. (Full text)
Wapiti is the Shawnee name for this animal. (Full text)
Quite as buffaloes and antelopes, the wapiti is a ruminant having a stomach of four compartments which allows him to feed very quickly, chewing its food just enough to swallow it. (Full text)
Wapiti is only 32 miles from Yellowstone National Park and is the home of the Buffalo Bill Reservoir. (Full text)
Wapiti is the American Indian word for Elk and a holler is a ravine, so Wapiti Holler is also known as Elk Ravine. (Full text)
1. red deer, Cervus elaphus -- (common deer of temperate Europe and Asia)red deer
Cervus elaphus
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