wapiti

• We hunted bears, both the black and the grizzly, cougars and wolves, and moose, wapiti, and white goat. —  Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography
• The study floor bore a scattering of tiger, lion, polar bear and other animal skins, while mounted heads of ovis poli, bighorn sheep, wapiti--trophies from numerous climes--were arrayed on the walls, together with heavy spears from the Congo, blowguns from the Amazon headwaters, and elaborately carved swords from China A particularly unique touch was given by the samples of hand-weaving in the form of wall hangings, curtains, table runners, and other articles of ornamentation. —  017 - The Thousand Headed Man
• When I spoke of riding, howsomedever, I warn't thinkin' o' myself, though, giniral, mind that; I thought as how you and our noo fren' here could kinder ride the deer down better if you wer mounted, that's all, I reckon Very thoughtful of you," said Ernest Wilton drily; "but you see, old man, elk and wapiti--which are the only species of deer we are likely to meet with here, I think--can be better stalked than run down, as you suggest. —  Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek
• The wapiti is exclusively a native of North America; and it may be remarked that his range is more southerly, and not so northerly as that of the moose. —  Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys
• He is not found so far south as the Southern States, nor farther north than the Canadas; but around the great lakes, and westward to the Rocky Mountains, and even to the Pacific, the wapiti is met with. —  Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys

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