The Manitoban elk is a subspecies of elk found in the Midwestern United States and southern regions of the Canadian Prairies . Compared to the Rocky Mountain elk, it is larger in body size, but has smaller antlers. The subspecies was driven into near extinction by 1900, but has recovered since then.
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