ADW: Cervus elaphus: SPECIMENS

Cervus elaphuselk(Also: red deer; wapiti)

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- white-lipped peccary
  Tayassu
- elk
  Cervus elaphus
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Kingdom Animalia animals
Phylum Chordata chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
Class Mammalia mammals
Order Artiodactyla even-toed ungulates
Family Cervidae deer
Genus Cervus elk, red deer, and sika deer
Species Cervus elaphus elk

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