Manitoban elk

Manitoban elk
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Ruminantia
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Cervinae
Genus:	Cervus
Species:	C. canadensis
Subspecies:	C. c. manitobensis
Binomial name
Cervus canadensis (Erxleben, 1777)[1]
Trinomial name
Cervus canadensis manitobensis

The Manitoban elk is a subspecies of elk found in the Midwestern United States and the Canadian Prairie provinces. Compared to the Rocky Mountain elk, it is larger in body size but has smaller antlers. The subspecies was driven into near extinction by 1900, but has recovered since.

References

1. ^ Erxleben, J.C.P. (1777) Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre and Systema regni animalis.

See also

• Roosevelt elk
• Tule elk
• Rocky Mountain elk
• Red deer
• Sika deer

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