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Elk (Wapiti)

Also known as Wapiti, elk are the second-largest species of cervids in North America next to the moose. These hooved ruminant mammals are part of the montane regions of well-known national parks such as Yellowstone, and Banff National Park in Canada. Questions and answers about elk can be asked and answered here.

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What month does elk shed their antlers?

late march April and few into may but i have encountered a bull in march with antlers still

How far can elk travel in a day?

A grizzly bear can travel unlimited distances. It depends on its mood and motivation.

What are the subspecies of elk?

The elk is a type of deer. There are ten known subspecies of elk. Six of them are native to North America and four are native to Asia. Out of the six subspecies in North America only four of them remain today.

What rhymes with elk?

Some end rhymes of gazelle are barbell, befell, bell, belle, bluebell, bombshell, cartel, cell, compel, cowbell, dell, doorbell, dumbbell, dwell, eggshell, ell, excel, expel, farewell, fell, foretell, gel, hotel, impel, indwell, inkwell, jell, knell, lapel, misspell, morel, motel, nobel, noel, nutshell, outsell, pastel, propel, quell, rebel, repel, resell, retell, sell, shell, shrapnel, smell, speedwell, spell, stairwell, swell, tell, unwell, well, and yell.

What animal do the Elk interact with?

Mountain lions, wolves and the occasional bear all eat elk. Man also preys on elk.

What kind of grass do elk eat?

Elk eat the same species of grass that cattle and bison eat.

What is elk and emu?

"A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. A number of broadly similar animals, from related families within the order Artiodactyla, are often also called deer."

The above answer is from Wikipedia. Deer family animals have split hoofs, equine family have a single hoof. Deer are more closely related to goats, sheep and cows than to horses not only due to the feet, but due to their digestive system.

Are caribou and elk the same?

No, caribou and deer aren't the same animal. First of all, caribou live in the arctic and deer live in the forest. However, caribou and reindeer are the same animal, they just have different names.

Can one wolf kill a fully grown elk?

Very young, very old, or sick animals. Wolves are not likely to attack a healthy adult elk.

Is elk a grazer?

Yes , on the open range, it does happen nearby.

Were Irish elk predators?

No. The Irish Elk (which is extinct, by the way), were herbivores, just like today's deer and deer-related species are. The Irish Elk were prey animals, hunted down by lions, wolves and sometimes bears.

What is the reason for exstinction for the Irish elk?

Scientists believe that it was the large antlers that were this species' demise. The size of the antlers were selected based on sexual preferences by the cows for bulls with larger antlers. Eventually the antlers became so unweildly and heavy that these deer could not go about normal business of life without the antlers interfering in some significant way.

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What type of climate do elks live in?

Elk live on mountains which is bound to be cold however, elk do not like a lot of snow because they have large bodies and small hooves.

What is a baby elk called?

Emily hunt and Emily gibson. This is a very rare species of elk from lower parts of Texas, Mississippi. They are elk offspring. Their parents made lies about there names. There for the parents are elk.

Do elk have good eyesight?

Blue Wildebeests and human eyesight are about the same so the Answer is no they good eyesight and they can see in colors all of it like all anteolope speices but they depend on sense of smell to migrate beacause they can smell rain from 3000 km away the distance of their migration blue wildebeest live up to 20 in the wild and 50 in captivity males are larger than female and weight about 300 kg bigger than an adult male lion male and female live like each other I mean they don't live longer than each other and they do depend more on it sense of hearing strong than the eyesight

but it's weaker than its amazing sense of smell and they do migrate with its sense of sense of smell the most important sense for a blue wildebeest they do the biggest animal migration in the world an alone adult lioness can't kill an adult alone so adults are always preyed by pack of hunters the minimum is 2 never 1 it's third biggest , largest and tallest of all anteolopes in the world it stands at 1m and50 cm hight at the shoulder and is 240 cm long or in length both male and female have horns males horn are larger than female the Horne of a male is 100 cm much for smaller female at 81cm females weight 290 kg and males weight 300 kg

How elk survive?

Elk can eat pretty much any plant, even the tough ones that live all year long that most animals won't touch. Also, they have an incredibly thick hide, lots of fat, and slow metabolisms.

Do reindeer cross with elk or red deer?

no but are you talking about the reindeer that santa rides