CINCINNATI ZOO GUIDE 
Elk 
Elk. Adjoining the Axis Deer Y ard is the Elk Park, which covers 
about an acre of ground and usually contains six or seven fine 
specimens of the Wapiti or American Elk (Cervus canadensis). 
As the visitor continues his tour over the grounds, he will find 
representatives of other species. The American elk represented 
in this enclosure corresponds to the stag, which is hunted by 
royalty in Europe. It is the handsomest and the largest deer in 
this country except the moose. 
Like all of the deer family, the male elk sheds his antlers 
every year in March, and it requires over 115 days for the new 
antlers to reach their full growth again. The large buck in this 
herd weighs over 650 pounds. There are still left in the United 
States about 26,000 elk, and of these more than 18,000 are 
located in Jackson Hole in Wyoming and Yellowstone National 
Park. 
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