🦌Elk
Vapiti eli kanadanhirvi (Cervus canadensis) on suuri hirvieläimiin kuuluva nisäkäslaji. Se on hirven ja sambarkauriin jälkeen suurin hirvieläin. Vapitia ja isokaurista eli saksanhirveä pidettiin pitkään samana lajina, mutta DNA-tutkimukset ovat osoittaneet, että kyseessä on kaksi eri lajia. Vapiti on itse asiassa läheisempää sukua japaninkauriille kuin isokauriille. Vapitia tavataan lähinnä Pohjois-Amerikassa sekä pohjoisessa ja itäisessä Aasiassa.
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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 ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Body length2.14 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Shoulder height1.13 m0.75–1.5 m · typical rangeat the shoulderDetails ↓Hide ↑
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/ · see citation
Brain mass354 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Maximum lifespan31 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length14 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.8 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation244 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range58 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density3.62 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l131 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyCervidae
- ›genusCervus
- ›speciesCervus elaphus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyCervidae
- subfamilyCervinae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyCervidae
- subfamilyCervinae
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