Cervus elaphus, elk, wapiti. Photos of bull elk and cow elk, from Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
Genus: Cervus
Species: canadensis
Name: Cervus canadensis
"If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears, one destroys." -- Chief Dan George.
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Bull elk crossing the Athabasca River Flats, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk bugling across the Athabasca River, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.(Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk bugling and his early morning breath, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
6x6 bull elk, standing atop a ridge, missing brow tines, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
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Bull elk in the forest, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk bugling in the northern forest, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Massive bull elk standing in a meadow, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk, 7 point rack and morning light, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
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Bull elk bugling in the early morning llight, Jasper NP, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk bugling and a foggy breath, Canadian Rockies, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk, rut, posturing, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk bugling along the Athabasca River Flats, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
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Bull elk posturing, rutting behaviour, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk posing, the rut, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk posturing, Jasper NP, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk posturing, showing his rack, Canadian Rockies. (Cervus canadensis) |
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Bull elk bugling, horizontal images, Jasper NP, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk bugling, horizontal images, Jasper National Park, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk during the rut, bugling and calling, Jasper NP, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk and his bugle, Canadian Rockies. (Cervus canadensis) |
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Vertical image of a bull elk posturing, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk and last light of the day, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk posturing, headshot, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Bull elk portrait, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
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Cow elk poised on a rocky gravel bed, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Cow elk and flowers along the Athabasca River Flats, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Young elk calf mounting a cow, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |
Cow elk grazing Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus canadensis) |