The Wyoming Biodiversity Minute
Episode 4. The Elk / Wapiti
Image: Leupold James, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
This WyoBio Minute was written and narrated by Sara Kirkpatrick.
The elk or wapiti, is one of the largest species with the deer family, Cervidae. Elk typically inhabit forest and forest edge habitats. Elk are found natively in North America, and Eastern Asia.
Image: Diane Krauss GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The elk or wapiti, is one of the largest species with the deer family, Cervidae. Elk typically inhabit forest and forest edge habitats. Elk are found natively in North America, and Eastern Asia.
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