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The elk or wapiti is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The word "elk" originally referred to the European variety of the moose, Alces alces, but was transferred to Cervus canadensis by North American colonists.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 131 kg
- Body length
- 2.14 m
- Shoulder height
- 1.13 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 31 years
Everything we know about the Elk
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass131 kgCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Body length2.14 mCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Shoulder height1.13 m0.75β1.5 m Β· typical rangeat the shoulderDetails βHide β
ADW: "most elk stand approximately 0.75 to 1.5 m high at the shoulder". Range only; value is the midpoint. ADW treats elk under Cervus elaphus (older classification; North American elk is now Cervus canadensis).
Source: Senseman 2002, 'Cervus elaphus', Animal Diversity Web (account covers North American elk), https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Cervus_elaphus/ Β· see citation
Brain mass354 gCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan31 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Generation length14 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Age at maturity1.8 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Gestation244 daysCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Home range58 kmΒ²COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Population density3.62 per kmΒ²COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Volume l131 LaverageDetails βHide β
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Elk yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassMammalia
- βΊorderArtiodactyla
- βΊfamilyCervidae
- βΊgenusCervus
- βΊspeciesCervus elaphus
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals Β· Artiodactyla
- familyCervidae
- subfamilyCervinae
All 15 branches βFewer branches β
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals Β· Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyCervidae
- subfamilyCervinae
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