Rocky Mountain elk
| Rocky Mountain elk | |
|---|---|
| Male Rocky Mountain elk | |
| Female Rocky Mountain elk | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Genus: | Cervus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. c. nelsoni |
| Trinomial name | |
| Cervus canadensis nelsoni (Erxleben, 1777) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cervus elaphus 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.