Re: Elk and moose

From: Ian <ilikemonkeys.geo_at_...>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:36:30 -0000

>
>From the name, it may be you are thinking of the
> white tailed deer,

Odocoileus virginianus

>rather than the elk, as you quote the red deer.

Cervus elaphus, as per Animal Diversity Web (http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cervus_elaphus.html) - elk, red deer, wapiti  

> Neither of these resemble the elk or the moose.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/living/graphics/elk1.jpg shows the eponymous white butt rather clearly.