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Eastern elk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Eastern elk ( Cervus canadensis canadiensis ) is one of six subspecies of elk that inhabited northern and eastern United States, and southern Canada. The last Eastern Elk was shot in Pennsylva...
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The eastern elk (Cerrus elaphus canadensis) lived in eastern boreal and hardwood forests. This was the subspecies native to Arkansas, though historical records indicate it persisted no later than the 1840s. It is now extinct.
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Eastern elk, a subspecies believed to be extinct, were exterminated so quickly that it is difficult to determine their original range. The last few eastern elk probably holed up in isolated pockets of the northern Midwest, as Theodore Roosevelt wrote in Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter, published in 1905:
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January 24, 2005 – The remains of a rare Eastern elk were unearthed on Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge in October 2004 during the construction of a dike in Mohawk Pool to improve wetland habitat for wildlife.
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Web site of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ... Eastern Elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis); Formerly found in: United States east of Great Plains; Extinct in 1880 ... Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido); Formerly found in: Eastern United States; Extinct in 1932...
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Elk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The elk , or wapiti ( Cervus canadensis ), is one of the largest species of deer in the world and one of the largest mammals in North America and eastern Asia. In the deer family (Cervidae), onl...
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; Elk River. Photo by Linda Parker. ... Description: The Elk River valley, cutting through silt-capped drumlinized landtype, provides the most spectacular display of spring wildflowers on the Park Falls unit. The rich soil supports many ephemeral spring wildflowers growing so thick, you are not sure where to step.
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Wild elk were restored in Wisconsin under an experimental study program in 1995. In 1998, wild elk from Utah were reintroduced into eastern Kentucky to re-establish a free-ranging elk herd, and soon the Bluegrass State will be home to the East’s largest elk herd. ... Eastern Elk Restoration...
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