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The eastern elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis) is an extinct subspecies or distinct population of elk that inhabited the northern and eastern United States, and southern Canada. The last eastern elk was shot in Pennsylvania on September 1, 1877. [1] [2] The subspecies was declared extinct by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1880. [3]
A cow/calf winter herd is a herd that consists only of female elk and their young. In a normal winter, defined as one where there is a decent amount of snow fall, one study found that when the groups of cows and calves were safe from predation by wolves, about 75.6-83.0% of their diet was made up of graze whereas when wolves were present this number dropped to 61.6-69.4%. [3]
Video shows the intense moment a pack of wolves chases down a herd of more than 300 elk in Yellowstone National Park. The video follows the elk herd as it races away from wolves trailing behind it ...
Hellroaring Mountain is located in the Absaroka Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. [1] It is set within Yellowstone National Park, [2] with the summit in Montana and the lower south slope in Wyoming. [6] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into Hellroaring Creek which is a tributary of the Yellowstone River.
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There is a “slim chance” for a dangerous encounter with a mountain lion, officials say. Mountain lion seen killing adult elk in Missouri, officials say. How common are they?
Human caused deaths in the same period accounted for 8–30% of known deaths. Yellowstone elk comprise up to 92% of the winter diet of wolves, the overall kill rates of Yellowstone wolves on elk in winter being estimated at 22 ungulates per wolf annually. This is higher than the 12 ungulates per wolf rate predicted in the ESA. [50]
Antler Peak, el. 10,063 feet (3,067 m) is a prominent mountain peak in the Gallatin Range in Yellowstone National Park.The peak was originally named Bell's Peak in honor of an Assistant Secretary of the Interior by either Philetus Norris, the second park superintendent or W.H.Holmes, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist in 1878.