Tian Shan wapiti
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| Tian Shan wapiti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Cervinae |
| Genus: | Cervus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. c. songaricus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Cervus canadensis songaricus | |
The Tian Shan wapiti or Tian Shan maral (Cervus canadensis songaricus), is a subspecies of C. canadensis. It is also called the Tian Shan elk in North American English.
Description[]
It is native to the Tian Shan Mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan, southeastern Kazakhstan, and North Central Xinjiang of western China. It is the largest subspecies of Asian wapiti, both in body size and antlers.
Conservation[]
Around 50,000 individual Tian Shan elk are left in the wild, and they are declining at a rapid rate. China has about 4000 to 5000 individuals in deer farms.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Erxleben, J. C. P. (1777). Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre and Systema regni animalis.
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Categories:
- Elk and red deer
- Mammals of Central Asia
- Mammals of China
- Biota of Xinjiang
- Tian Shan
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