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Rocky Mountain elk

subspecies of elk
Taxon taxon Q742914
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Rocky Mountain elk

Summary

Rocky Mountain elk is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (358 views/month, #1,471 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rocky Mountain elk's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Rocky Mountain elk is classified at the rank of subspecies[4].
  • Rocky Mountains is named after Rocky Mountain elk[5].
  • Rocky Mountain elk is classified within Cervus canadensis[6].
  • Rocky Mountain elk's scientific name is Cervus canadensis nelsoni[7].
  • Rocky Mountain elk's Commons category is recorded as Cervus canadensis nelsoni[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Rocky Mountain elk is Cervus canadensis nelsoni[7]. It is classified at the rank of subspecies[4]. It is classified within Cervus canadensis[6].

Discovery and Description

Rocky Mountains is named after Rocky Mountain elk[5].

Identifiers

Rocky Mountain elk's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9864[9]. Rocky Mountain elk's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4446367[10].

Why It Matters

Rocky Mountain elk ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (358 views/month, #1,471 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Cervus canadensis
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    Named after → Rocky Mountains
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007561682205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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