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Six subspecies of elk are currently known in the zoological literature:<ref name=Keck1/><ref name=rmeffaq>"[http://www.rmef.org/AllAboutElk/FastFacts/ Fast Facts About Elk]." Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, n.d. Accessed September 29, 2008.</ref>

Six subspecies of elk are currently known in the zoological literature:<ref name=Keck1/><ref name=rmeffaq>"[http://www.rmef.org/AllAboutElk/FastFacts/ Fast Facts About Elk]." Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, n.d. Accessed September 29, 2008.</ref>

# Eastern elk (''Cervus canadensis canadensis''), now extinct

# Eastern elk (''Cervus canadensis canadensis''), now extinct

# Rocky Mountain elk (''Cervus canadensis nelsoni''), native to the Rocky Mountains and other western lands, and since transplanted to varioLus lands east of the Mississippi River

# Rocky Mountain elk (''Cervus canadensis nelsoni''), native to the Rocky Mountains and other western lands, and since transplanted to various lands east of the Mississippi River

# Roosevelt elk (''Cervus canadensis roosevelti''), native to the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of British Columbia and the [[United States|American]] States of [[Washington]], [[Oregon]], and northern [[California]], and since transplanted to [[Alaska]]

# Roosevelt elk (''Cervus canadensis roosevelti''), native to the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of British Columbia and the [[United States|American]] States of [[Washington]], [[Oregon]], and northern [[California]], and since transplanted to [[Alaska]]

# Manitoban elk (''Cervus canadensis manitobensis''), native to [[Manitoba]] and [[Saskatchewan]]

# Manitoban elk (''Cervus canadensis manitobensis''), native to [[Manitoba]] and [[Saskatchewan]]