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Wapiti
Wapiti Wap"i*ti, n. [Probably the Iroquois name. Bartlett.] (Zo["o]l.) The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size. Note: By some writers it is thought to be a variety of the red deer, but it is considered a distinct species by others. It is noted for the large, branching antlers of the male.

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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...
- Wapiti, or elk, are a species of large deer. Wapiti may also refer to: Boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti), a species of fish Wapiti P****, a mountain p****...
- The Westland Wapiti was a British two-seat general-purpose military single-engined biplane of the 1920s. It was designed and built by Westland Aircraft...
- The Alashan wapiti (Cervus canadensis alashanicus) is an Asian subspecies of wapiti (Cervus canadensis), or elk as they are called in North America. The...
- The Manchurian wapiti (Cervus canadensis xanthopygus) is a ****tive subspecies of the wapiti native to East Asia. It may be identified as its own species...
- The Altai wapiti, sometimes called the Altai elk, or simply the Altai Deer, is a subspecies of Cervus canadensis found in the forest hills of southern...
- Wapiti is an unincorporated community in Park County, Wyoming, United States. It is situated along the North Fork of the Shoshone River in Shoshone National...
- The Tian Shan wapiti or Tian Shan maral (Cervus canadensis songaricus), is a subspecies of C. canadensis. It is also called the Tian Shan elk in North...
- The Wapiti Formation is a geological formation of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in northwestern Alberta, and northeastern British Columbia, Canada...
- Basin. Wapiti is named after the Cree word for elk (waapiti). Wapiti River originates as the outflow of Tuck Lake, east of Wapiti P****, in Wapiti Lake Provincial...