0 a large deer with brownish-red fur and large antlers (= horns like branches) that lives in the forests of North America
Some of the more visible animals include elk (also called "wapiti"), bison, black-footed ferrets, pronghorn and prairie dogs.
This deer shows the characteristics of both a typical red deer and the wapiti.
Length has exceeded 55 inches in historic herds, but interbreeding with red deer has reduced the pure wapiti genetics.
Other author has observed partial paralysis in naturally infected wapiti caused by migrating juvenile flukes in the spinal cord.
Other ungulate species are much more common and there are over 20,000 elk (also known as wapiti) and 40,000 mule deer.
Wapiti are very good jumpers and all six escaped within the first two years.
Its face resembled that of the modern wapiti.
Male deer are wapiti-like with a neck mane, and as mentioned, relatively small wapiti-like antlers.
