Wapiti Deer

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The wapiti deer.
Cervus canadensis.

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Artist

Name:
Wolf, Joseph
Dates:
1820-1899
Country:
Germany

Illustration

Subject:
Animals
Technique:
Lithograph
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
The Ernst Mayr Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Zoological sketches by Joseph Wolf, vol. 1
Author:
Sclater, Philip Lutley
Publisher:
London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861
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Description:

A male wapiti, or elk (Cervus canadensis), stands majestically on a bank surrounded by marshland that stretches to the edges of an open landscape, accompanied by a cow. In the distance, two other bulls can be seen fighting in shallow waters.

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