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Elk - Cervus canadensis

Elk - Cervus canadensis. Rocky Mountain, Roosevelt’s, Tule, Manitoban. Terminology. Bull: Male Elk Cow: Female Elk Calf: Baby Elk Spike: Young Bull Elk. Size & Weight. Newborn calf : about 35lbs

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Elk - Cervus canadensis

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  1. Elk - Cervuscanadensis Rocky Mountain, Roosevelt’s, Tule, Manitoban

  2. Terminology • Bull: Male Elk • Cow: Female Elk • Calf: Baby Elk • Spike: Young Bull Elk

  3. Size & Weight • Newborn calf: about 35lbs • Cow: around 500lbs (Tule: 300 & Roosevelt’s: 600lbs) about 4 ½ feet to the shoulders, 6 ½ from nose to tail. • Bull: around 700lbs (Tule: 400lbs & Roosevelt’s: 900lbs) about 5 feet to the shoulders, 8 feet nose to tail.

  4. Color • Summer: copper brown • Fall, winter, spring: light tan • Rump patch: light beige • Legs & neck: darker than rest of body

  5. Birth Cycle • Babies are born usually in late may through early june. • Babies are born with spots and without a sent so predators cant smell them. • First few weeks they hide while there mom feeds them. • Breed in the fall

  6. Diet • Summer: grasses and forbs • Spring & Fall: grasses • Winter: grasses, shrubs, tree barks and twigs • They have four chambered stomachs

  7. facts • A Bull will gather calves and cows in groups called harems. • Bulls will roll in mud to coat themselves and urine to attract cows. • They rub trees, shrubs, and the ground to also attract cows.

  8. Range • Before the European settlement there was 10 million elk that roamed the U.S. and today there is 1 million that roam - western United States, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, Canada, and Alaska.

  9. Habitat • Food, water, shelter and space are needed for elk to survive. • They live in rainforests, alpine meadows, dry desert valleys, and hardwood forests.

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