ELK LATIN NAME: a. Eastern: Cervus elaphus canadensis

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ELK LATIN NAME: a. Eastern: Cervus elaphus canadensis b. Rocky Mt: Cervus elaphus nelsoni SIZE: a. MALE: 600 - 1000 lbs, 50 - 60 inches at shoulder, 4-5 inch tail b. FEMALE: 500 - 600 lbs

COLOR SUMMER: short, thin reddish brown coat WINTER: a. Long, coarse brownish gray coat b. Neck, chest, and legs are dark brown CALVES: born with spots ALL AGES: whitish rump and tail

ID FEATURES - ANTLERS MALES: 4 - 5 ft in length IN MAY: 2 bumps swell on skull, grow 1/2 inch per day BEFORE AUTUMN: velvet is shed YEARLINGS: spikes 10 - 24 inches long ROYAL BULL: 6 tines on each side IMPERIAL BULL: 7 tines on each side

SUMMER: grasses WINTER: grasses, twigs, buds, bark off trees FOOD SOURCES SUMMER: grasses WINTER: grasses, twigs, buds, bark off trees

PREFERRED/IMPROVE HABITAT a. Open grassland mixed with trees b. Agriculture land IMPROVE: create openings in forest

PREDATORS NATURAL: coyote HUMAN: vehicles and poaching MOST DEATHS: old age or brainworm

REPRODUCTION WHEN: September - October GESTATION: 81/2 months # YOUNG/LITTER: 1 born May - June # LITTERS/YEAR: 1 WHERE BORN: anywhere HAREM: males compete to collect herd of 4 -5 females CALF: 30 lbs

LIFE SPAN & OTHER INFO LIFE SPAN: 20 years MALE: bull FEMALE: cow BABY ELK: calf 2nd LARGEST: member of deer family in Central & North America 1867: extirpated 1913 - 1926: PGC released 177 1931: 98 bulls killed 1931 - 2001: hunting season closed

OTHER INFO BARK/GRUNT: mothers call calves BUGLE: male mating call BULLS: spring/summer live separate from cows/calves RUN: 30 mph for short distance