found: Walker's mammals of the world:v. 2, p. 1110 (Cervus elaphus (red deer, wapiti, or elk)) p. 1113 (Declines of N.A. populations occurred mainly in the 19th and early 20th centuries in response to unregulated hunting during settlement. The range of C. e. canadensis originally extended from the northern prairies as far as Alabama, Carolinas and probably Georgia)
found: Zeveloff, S. Mammals of the Intermountain West, 1988:p. 323 (Elk or wapiti, Cervus elaphus; to further complicate matters, elk and red deer of Europe are now regarded as the same species)
found: Furtman, M. Seasons of the elk, 1997:p. 24 (For centuries, the animal we now call elk was considered a separate species that itself was further divided into six subspecies) p. 28 (It is commonly accepted today that our elk are members of the red deer species, albeit a subspecies; Cervus elaphus canadensis)
