Rocky Mountain elk
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Cervus canadensis nelsoni

The Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni ) is a subspecies of elk found in the Rocky Mountains and adjacent ranges of Western North America.

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Geography

The winter ranges are most common in open forests and floodplain marshes in the lower elevations. In the summer it migrates to the subalpine forests and alpine basins. Elk have a diverse habitat range that they can reside in but are most often found in forest and forest edge habitat and in mountain regions they often stay in higher elevations during warmer months and migrate down lower in the winter. They may even come down the mountain and leave the forest into some grassland for part of the day but head back into the timber in the evening.

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References

1. Rocky Mountain elk Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_elk

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