Cervus canadensis
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Summary
Cervus canadensis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.14% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,682 views/month, #267 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Cervus[5]
- Taxon name: Cervus canadensis[6]
- Commons category: Cervus canadensis[7]
- Start time: -2500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cervus canadensis[9]
- Commons gallery: Cervus canadensis[10]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[12], The New Student's Reference Work[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], Meyer’s Universum, Siebzehnter Band[15]
- This taxon is source of: wapiti meat[16]
- Short name: C. canadensis[17]
- Taxon common name: Wapiti[18], Cerf Wapiti[19], Uapití[20], 马鹿[21], North American elk[22], elk[23], vapiti[24]
- Different from: Alces alces[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[27]
- Digital Atlas of Idaho URL: https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/bio/mammal/Hoofed/elk/elkfrm.htm[28]
- Taxon range: Mongolia[29], People's Republic of China[30], Russia[31], Kazakhstan[32], United States[33], Canada[34], Korea[35]
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Identifiers
Cervus canadensis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 204114[36]. Cervus canadensis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1574408[37]. Cervus canadensis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4446297[38]. Cervus canadensis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8600904[39]. Cervus canadensis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 898259[40].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Cervus canadensis include Edmonton Elks[41], a Canadian football team[42], in Canada[43], founded in 1949[44] and Elk Ridge[45], a city in the United States[46], in United States[47], founded in 1971[48].
Why It Matters
Cervus canadensis has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for it include Edmonton Elks[41], a Canadian football team[42], in Canada[43], founded in 1949[44] and Elk Ridge[45], a city in the United States[46], in United States[47], founded in 1971[48].