European elk
Americannoun
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European elk were originally widespread in Britain but were hunted to extinction in the Neolithic era.
From BBC • May 12, 2025
The identity of the moose with the European elk is a fact that leads to curious considerations.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne
It closely resembles the European elk, and by many zoölogists is considered the same species.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O by Project Gutenberg
Please to let me hear if my female moose corresponds with that you saw, and whether you think still that the American moose and European elk are the same creature.
From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Morley, Henry
He differs from the European elk only by having much darker hair,—the coat of the male, when in its prime, at the close of the summer, being completely black.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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