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title: "Uapiti"
description: "Cervus canadensis — Mamíferos. The elk or wapiti is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/wapiti
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Uapiti

> Cervus canadensis — Mamíferos. The elk or wapiti is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia.

- Scientific name: *Cervus canadensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `mountains` (Montanhas)
- iNaturalist observations: 62546
- Wikidata: [Q180404](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180404)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204114](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204114)

## Names

- en: Wapiti
- de: Wapiti
- es: Uapití
- fr: Cerf Wapiti
- nl: Wapiti
- pt: Uapiti
- pl: Jeleń kanadyjski

## Countries with the most observations

US (47853), CA (7706), RU (405), MN (135), CN (97), MX (45), KZ (25), KG (4)

## Summary

The elk or wapiti is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The word "elk" originally referred to the European variety of the moose, Alces alces, but was transferred to Cervus canadensis by North American colonists.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk

## Photo

![Uapiti](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wapiti/medium.jpg)

Photo: Braden J. Judson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104869447

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wapiti?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).