NCElk-27527-1
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Description: A pair of wild North American Elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis) bulls feeding along the edge of a field in the Cataloochee Valley of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. These elk are part of a herd which was transplanted to Cataloochee in 2001, in an attempt to reintroduce the species to the Appalachians in North Carolina.Photo taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 in Haywood County, NC, USA. Date: 6 September 2008, 08:00 −04:00. Source: KenThomas.us(personal website of photographer). Author: Ken Thomas. Permission(Reusing this file): This image is released to the public domain, and therefore no permission or credit is required.Comments and/or feedback however, are always welcome. See my user page for contact info.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniotes)
- Synapsida (synapsids)
- Therapsida (therapsid)
- Cynodontia (cynodonts)
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Theria (Therians)
- Eutheria (eutherian)
- Placentalia (placental)
- Boreoeutheria
- Laurasiatheria
- Scrotifera
- Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
- Ruminantia (ruminants)
- Cervidae (deer, elk, moose, and caribou)
- Cervinae
- Cervus
- Cervus elaphus (Red Deer)
- Cervus elaphus canadensis (North American elk)
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- Ken Thomas
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