Alashan wapiti

Alashan wapiti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Cervinae
Genus:	Cervus
Species:	C. canadensis
Subspecies:	C. c. alashanicus
Trinomial name
	Cervus canadensis alashanicus; (Bobrinskii & Flerov, 1935)

The Alashan wapiti is a subspecies of Cervus canadensis (named "elk" or "wapiti" in North America), found in northern China and Mongolia.[1] It is the smallest subspecies of elk, has the lightest color, and is the least studied, other than the extinct Merriam's elk.

References

Ohtaishi, Noriyuki; Gao, Yaoting (June 1990). "A review of the distribution of all species of deer (Tragulidae, Moschidae and Cervidae) in China". Mammal Review. 20 (2–3): 125–144. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.1990.tb00108.x. ISSN 0305-1838.

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[1] Ohtaishi, Noriyuki; Gao, Yaoting (June 1990). "A review of the distribution of all species of deer (Tragulidae, Moschidae and Cervidae) in China". Mammal Review. 20 (2–3): 125–144. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.1990.tb00108.x. ISSN 0305-1838.