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Critter Catalog

mammals

Local animals in this group:

elk, wapiti

See also

Find elk and relatives information at Animal Diversity Web

Elk and relatives

Cervinae

Kingdom Animalia (animal kingdom)
- Phylum Chordata (chordates)
  - Class Mammalia (mammals)
    - Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
      - Family Cervidae (deer)
        
        Subfamily Cervinae (elk and relatives)
        
        Species Cervus elaphus (elk, wapiti)

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