Asian red elk
The Central Asian red deer is a primordial group of Elk subspecies, which is found at the southern and eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau. Sometimes it is treated.
The elk or wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is one of the largest species within the deer family, Until recently, red deer and elk were considered to be one species, Cervus These Chinese subspecies are sometimes treated as a distinct species , namely the Central Asian red deer (Cervus wallichi), which also includes the.
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Central Asian red deer
Description:Reintroduction programs are also under way in Vietnam , where the Vietnamese sika deer C. In North America they adapted to almost all ecosystems except for tundra , true deserts, and the gulf coast of the U. Though the exact population is uncertain, it is likely to be in the hundred thousand range and is still increasing,[ citation needed ] mainly due to recent conservation efforts and the extinction of its main predator, the wolf Canis lupus hodophilax , over a century ago. The misnamed, mistreated, and misunderstood Irish elk. For example, during the last glacial maximum, 18, years ago, Mule Deer populations in western North America were separated and diverged, with those now in the Pacific Northwest, known as "Black-tailed Deer", having a tail that is black above, whereas other Mule Deer have a conspicuous white rump patch and a white tail with a black tip. By the beginning of the Bronze Age , the elk is depicted less frequently in rock art, coinciding with a cultural transformation away from hunting. They have a marked tendency to use concealment in circumstances when red deer, for example, would flee, and have been seen to squat and lie belly-flat when danger threatens.
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