The Alashan wapiti (Cervus canadensis alashanicus) is an Asian subspecies of wapiti (Cervus canadensis), or elk as they are called in North America.
| Alashan wapiti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Genus: | Cervus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. c. alashanicus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Cervus canadensis alashanicus (Bobrinskii & Flerov, 1935)
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The Alashan wapiti is found in pockets of Northern China and Mongolia.[1] The Alashan wapiti is the smallest subspecies of wapiti and has the lightest coat color. It is the least-studied subspecies of wapiti, with little formal research having been conducted; this is partially due to the deer’s vast, remote distribution over frequently inaccessible terrain, as well as smaller, fragmented overall populations.[2]
This subspecies of wapiti may be synonymous with the Manchurian wapiti (C. c. xanthopygus) as found in a 2004 study on the genetics of the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus).[3]
References
edit- ^ Ohtaishi, Noriyuki; Gao, Yaoting (June 1990). "A review of the distribution of all species of deer (Tragulidae, Moschidae and Cervidae) in China". Mammal Review. 20 (2–3): 125–144. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.1990.tb00108.x. ISSN 0305-1838.
- ^ Qiao, F.; Du, H.; Zhang, X.; Feng, C.; Tan, Z.; Yu, Y.; Liu, Z. (2024). "The Protection and Management of Wapiti in Desert Oases: Bare Land Poses a Limitation to Wapiti Conservation". Biology. 13: 737. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of red deer (Cervus elaphus), by Christian J. Ludt. In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31 (2004), p. 1064–1083. Online copy Archived 2008-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
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