North American Elk (American Wapiti) - Cervus canadensis - Wapiti
Formerly considered as conspecific with Red Deer - Cervus elaphus - Edelhert
North-America and Asian Russia, Siberia and North-China.

The following 12 subspecies are being recognised:
Cervus canadensis canadensis - Central- and East-USA, Eastern South-Canada (east of the Rockies);
Cervus canadensis manitobensis - South- and Central-Manitoba and Saskatchewan (Canada);
Cervus canadensis nelsoni - Central-British Columbia and Alberta to Arizona and New-Mexico;
Cervus canadensis roosevelti - Vancouver Island to North-California;
Cervus canadensis merriami - East-Arizona through New Mexico to Guadelupe. Extinct in 1907;
Cervus canadensis nannodes - Isolated regions in California;
Cervus canadensis asiaticus - Asian Russia (Krasnoyarsk, Minusink, West Sayan Mountains, Lake Teletzkoi);
Cervus canadensis kansuensis - North-China (Gansu);
Cervus canadensis yarkandensis - Northwest-China. Extinct in 1930;
Cervus canadensis alashanicus - West-China and Southeast-Mongolia;
Cervus canadensis wachei - West-Mongolia to Northwest-China;
Cervus canadensis songaricus - Kazakhstan, Altai Mountains to Mongolia.

Of this species there are also Nature Photo's available.