Cervus (america)


 

1 species

| Wapiti |

| Cervus canadensis |

 

WapitiCommun name : Wapiti
Latin name : Cervus canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Localisation : North America
Habitat : clear broad-leaved forests, mountains, plains, heather fields.
Size : 1,6 to 2,5 m length

Close species of Red Deer, some classify it as a subspecies (Cervus elaphus canadensis). Extinct in east america, it lives as wild state in some point in Rocky Mountains.

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12 sub-species

  • Cervus canadensis alashanicus : Ala-Shan Wapiti, (Flerov 1935) .
  • Cervus canadensis asiaticus : Altai Wapiti, (Lydekker 1898) .
  • Cervus canadensis kansuensis : Kansu Deer, (Porock 1912) .
  • Cervus canadensis machneilli : Mac Neill's D, (Lydekker 1909) .
  • Cervus canadensis manitobensis : Manitoba Elk, (Millais 1915) .
  • Cervus canadensis mannodes : Tule Elk or Dwarf Wapiti, (Merriane 1905) .
  • Cervus canadensis merriami : Merrianis Elk or Wapiti, (Nelson 1902) extinct.
  • Cervus canadensis nelsoni : Rocky Mountain Wapiti, (V. ailey 1935) .
  • Cervus canadensis roosevelti : Canadian or Roosevelt's Wapiti, Olympic Elk, North America (Merrian 1897) .
  • Cervus canadensis songaricus : Tien-Shan Wapiti, (Severtzov 1873) .
  • Cervus canadensis wackei : _______, (Noack 1902) .
  • Cervus canadensis xanthopygus : Manchurian elk, (Milne-Edwards 1867) .