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Cape elk
Elk Elk, n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zo["o]l.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti. Irish elk (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer (Cervus giganteus) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of Antler. Cape elk (Zo["o]l.), the eland.

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- The elk (pl.: elk or elks; Cervus canadensis), or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial...
- The moose (pl.: 'moose'; used in North America) or elk (pl.: 'elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (Alces alces) is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest...
- entering the Pacific between Cape Blanco to the north and The Heads to the south. From the confluence of its two forks, Elk River flows generally west and...
- over 500 deer. Parks Canada transferred eighteen moose from Elk Island to Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Highlands National Park between 1947 and 1948. Reintroduction...
- moose from Elk Island National Park to Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Highlands National Park between 1947 and 1949 for po****tion increase. Cape Breton Island's...
- Sutton Lake in North Carolina is on the Cape Fear River; whereas Sutton Lake in West Virginia is on the Elk River, an entirely different river drainage...
- Point Reyes (/ˈreɪ.ɪs/ RAY-iss Spanish: Punta de los Reyes, meaning 'Cape of the Kings') is a prominent landform and po****r tourist destination on the...
- are recognized as valid by most authorities: Syncerus caffer caffer, the Cape buffalo, is the nominotypical subspecies, as well as the largest, found in...
- north side of the cape. A 2-mile (3 km) walk along the Oregon Coast Trail leads south from the park to the mouth of the Elk River. Cape Blanco has very...
- divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) and Capreolinae (which includes, among...