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Roosevelt Elk
Male (bull) at Northwest Trek, Washington, US
Female (cow) at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, US
Conservation status
Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Family:
Cervidae
Subfamily:
Cervinae
Genus:
Cervus
Species:
C. canadensis
Subspecies:
C. c. roosevelti
Trinomial name
Cervus canadensis roosevelti
Merriam, 1897
Synonyms
Cervus elaphus roosevelti
The Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti), also known commonly as the Olympic elk and Roosevelt's wapiti, is the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk (Cervus canadensis) in North America by body mass.[2] Mature bulls weigh from 700 to 1,200 lb (320 to 540 kg). with very rare large bulls weighing more.[3] Its geographic range includes temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest including parts of northern California. It was introduced to Alaska's Afognak, Kodiak, and Raspberry Islands in 1928[4][5][6] and reintroduced to British Columbia's Sunshine Coast from Vancouver Island in 1986.[4]
In December 1897, mammalogist C. Hart Merriam named the subspecies after his friend Theodore Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the US Navy.[7]: 589 The desire to protect the Roosevelt elk was one of the primary forces behind the establishment of the Mount Olympus National Monument in 1909 by President Theodore Roosevelt. Later in 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited the region and saw the elk named after his relative.[8] The following year he created Olympic National Park.
^NatureServe. 2016. Cervus elaphus roosevelti, Merriam's Elk. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.101331/Cervus_elaphus_roosevelti. Accessed 9 December 2021.
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^Dr. Mike Jenkins, 2005
^ ab"Guided Roosevelt Elk Hunting in BC". Coastal Inlet Adventures. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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Nancy Gates, ed. (November 2006). The Alaska Almanac: Facts about Alaska 30th Anniversary Edition. Alaska Northwest Books. ISBN 0-88240-652-3.
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Rennick, Penny (November 1996). Mammals of Alaska. Alaska Geographic Society. ISBN 1-56661-034-6.
^Morris, Edmund (1979). "The Hot Weather Secretary". The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. pp. 565–590. ISBN 0-698-10783-7.
^Houston, Douglas; Jenkins, Kurt. "Roosevelt Elk Ecology". Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
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Nature (IUCN) has reclassified all North American elk subspecies aside from the tule and Rooseveltelk as C. c. canadensis. If this is accurate, this means...
were elk literally by the thousand". Genetic studies based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA confirm that tule elk, Rooseveltelk and Rocky Mountain elk should...
Roosevelt Roosevelt, a 2016 album by The Spinto Band Roosevelt Apartment Building, a historic building in Washington D.C., United States Rooseveltelk, North...
Sterling Pub Co Inc. (1983), ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9 Eide, Sterling. "RooseveltElk". Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Retrieved 2010-12-04. 1.Burnie...
and Vancouver Island elk are some of the last pure Rooseveltelk herds left; those in the Cascades have mixed with Rocky Mountain elk. Olympic National Park...
suitable winter range and permanent protection for the herds of native Rooseveltelk and other wildlife indigenous to the area; to conserve and render available...
of Land Management, it is the year-round residence for a herd of Rooseveltelk. Elk have inhabited the location that is now the Dean Creek Wildlife Area...
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is an American national park of the badlands in western North Dakota comprising three geographically separated areas...
(776 m). The dense spruce forests of Afognak are home to Kodiak bears, Rooseveltelk, and Sitka black-tailed deer. Many people visit the island recreationally...
study had a mean weight of 606 lbs or 274,8 kg. Rooseveltelk Tule elk Red deer Sika deer "The Manitoban Elk". Critter Science. September 17, 2021. Retrieved...
allows guests to drive their own vehicles past bison, mountain goats, Rooseveltelk, deer, caribou, swans and more on a Wild Drive tour. Guests can also...
Birds and mammals such as the spotted owl, northern flying squirrel and Rooseveltelk start to present in the area in increasing numbers. If undisturbed by...
original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2010. Eide, Sterling. "RooseveltElk". Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original on...
cascades down the side of Fern Canyon where water trickles over the edge Rooseveltelk at the entrance to Fern Canyon Fern Canyon in Prairie Creek Redwoods...
coyote, cougar, bobcat, beaver, river otter, and black-tailed deer. Rooseveltelk are the most readily observed of the large mammals in the park. Successful...
coast near Port McNeill. Vancouver Island does support most of Canada's Rooseveltelk, however, and several mammal species and subspecies, such as the Vancouver...
meadow along the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway, with its population of Rooseveltelk, is considered a centerpiece of the park, located near the information...
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