Alashan wapiti | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Cervinae |
Genus: | Cervus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | C. c. alashanicus
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Trinomial name | |
Cervus canadensis alashanicus (
Bobrinskii &
Flerov, 1935)
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The Alashan wapiti (Cervus canadensis alashanicus) is an Asian subspecies of wapiti ( Cervus canadensis), or elk as they are called in North America.
The Alashan wapiti is found in pockets of Northern China and Mongolia. [1] The Alashan wapiti is the smallest subspecies of wapiti and has the lightest coat color. It is the least-studied subspecies of wapiti, with little formal research having been conducted; this is partially due to the deer’s vast, remote distribution over frequently inaccessible terrain, as well as smaller, fragmented overall populations.[ citation needed]
This subspecies of wapiti may be synonymous with the Manchurian wapiti (C. c. xanthopygus) as found in a 2004 study on the genetics of the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus). [2]
Alashan wapiti | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Cervinae |
Genus: | Cervus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | C. c. alashanicus
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Trinomial name | |
Cervus canadensis alashanicus (
Bobrinskii &
Flerov, 1935)
|
The Alashan wapiti (Cervus canadensis alashanicus) is an Asian subspecies of wapiti ( Cervus canadensis), or elk as they are called in North America.
The Alashan wapiti is found in pockets of Northern China and Mongolia. [1] The Alashan wapiti is the smallest subspecies of wapiti and has the lightest coat color. It is the least-studied subspecies of wapiti, with little formal research having been conducted; this is partially due to the deer’s vast, remote distribution over frequently inaccessible terrain, as well as smaller, fragmented overall populations.[ citation needed]
This subspecies of wapiti may be synonymous with the Manchurian wapiti (C. c. xanthopygus) as found in a 2004 study on the genetics of the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus). [2]