Sika Deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae) in Assateague State Park, MD before sunset on April 25, 1989. Sometimes called elk, these small relatives of deer were native to southern Japan before being introduced to the Eastern Shore in 1916. They arrived on the island in 1923. Photo ref.: Deer,Sika_AssateagueSP,MD_4-25-89_DaveSpier_1015K-10(slide) scanned from a PKR slide, likely shot with my 400mm lens on a Canon film body.
Elk or Wapiti (Cervus canadensis) in captivity at Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, south of Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Photographed on 20 August 2009.www.inaturalist.org/observations/53227293