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{{taxonomy|image=BullElk1.jpg|caption=Bull elk guards one of his cows|kingdom=Animalia|phylum=Chordata|subphylum=Vertebrata|class=Mammalia|order=Artiodactyla|suborder=Ruminantia|family=Cervidae|subfamily=Cervinae|genus=Cervus|species=C. canadensis|binomialname=Cervus canadensis}}
{{taxonomy|image=ElkHarem2.jpg|caption=Bull elk guards his cows as they feed|kingdom=Animalia|phylum=Chordata|subphylum=Vertebrata|class=Mammalia|order=Artiodactyla|suborder=Ruminantia|family=Cervidae|subfamily=Cervinae|genus=Cervus|species=C. canadensis|binomialname=Cervus canadensis}}
: ''This article is about the classic [[North America]]n elk. For the species ''Alces alces'', called "elk" in [[Europe]], see [[moose]]. For other uses, see [[Elk (disambiguation)]].''
: ''This article is about the classic [[North America]]n elk. For the species ''Alces alces'', called "elk" in [[Europe]], see [[moose]]. For other uses, see [[Elk (disambiguation)]].''
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Image:ElkSummer.jpg|A bull elk, his antlers covered with velvet, feeds on grass in high summer.
Image:ElkSummer.jpg|A bull elk, his antlers covered with velvet, feeds on grass in high summer.
Image:BullElk1.jpg|A bull elk interposes between the viewer and one of his cows.
Image:ElkHerd.jpg|A harem of elk with their bull.
Image:ElkHerd.jpg|A harem of elk with their bull.
Image:ElkFight4.jpg|Two bull elks meet when one (right) challenges the other to fight.
Image:ElkFight4.jpg|Two bull elks meet when one (right) challenges the other to fight.