Elk calls are one of my favorite sounds ever, I know Wendigo aren’t traditionally associated with deer but I still think of them when I hear that sound.
also, they are both from north america, and folklore is always inspired with humans and habitats. Even tho wendigo is an human that’s a canibal, turned into a monster, they live in the woods, just like elks. Not so farfetched to believe they might take some things from elks, or any other wildlife that also lives in that habitat
@@aceissalty3025 Traditionally the actual Algonkian people who believed in the Wendigo, associated them more with owls than with deer. Owls are flesh eating omens of death so it makes sense that they would associate them with a mythical creature thats main trait is it’s cannibalistic tendencies. Wendigo having antlers and/or being associated with deer is a very modern day depiction of Wendigo and it’s completely made up by media such as movies and books.
@@ryomahoffman6803 Hmmm very interesting! Thank you for teaching me! Had no idea so! Sorry for assuming things about it while not studying enough, it just made sense in my mind haha
Isn't it funny that Elk and Deer etc spend all that time growing antlers just for them to fall off again. I'm glad you included the calls of both animals. That is pretty cool. And you're right, Elk do sound More haunting than Red Deer.
@@indyreno2933 Yes, we learned that in this episode. I love Ungulates. There are some really cool characters in the Ungulate fam. Thank you for the extra info. I cannot get enough of learning about animals, bugs, snakes, spiders, etc. And when really nice people, like you, take the time to share what they know, it shows how many nice people you can meet on YT! 😊
Interestingly, with 62 extant species and 20 genera, deer are only the second largest and second most diverse family of living ungulates, only the bovids are a larger and more diverse family of living ungulates.
The Elk (Cervus canadensis) is one of only five extant deer species within the genus Cervus, the others are the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), the Corsican Deer (Cervus corsicanus), the Barbary Deer (Cervus barbarus), and the Central Asian Deer (Cervus hanglu), interestingly, the central asian deer is the closest living relative of the elk.
However, the elk isn't closely related to the moose or caribou/reindeer, as the moose and caribou are not part of the genus Cervus, they are are in their own monotypic genera being Alces and Rangifer respectively, the closest living relatives of the Moose (Alces alces) are actually the Roe Deer (genus Capreolus), therefore placing both genera Alces and Capreolus as the only extant genera of the tribe Capreolini, while the caribou is not only the only extant species of the genus Rangifer but also the tribe Rangiferini, both tribes are part of the subfamily Cervinae (Old World Deer), within Cervinae, Rangiferini (includes Rangifer) is only more derived than Muntiacini (includes Elaphodus and Muntiacus) but is basal to the clade consisting of Capreolini (includes Capreolus and Alces), Megalocerotini (includes Axis, Hyelaphus, Ocellelaphus, and Dama), and Cervini (includes Rucervus, Rusa, Cervus, Przewalskium, and Elaphurus).
However, that's not always the case, as the Elk (Cervus canadensis) is actually more fairly similar to all other members of the Cervus genus like the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) and Barbary Deer (Cervus barbarus) and most fairly similar to its closest living relative being the Central Asian Deer (Cervus hanglu).
Basically, the elk is actually a deer, a deer is any ungulate that belongs to the family Cervidae, with 62 extant species within 20 extant genera, seven extant tribes, and two subfamilies, deer are only the second largest and second most diverse family of living ungulates, only the bovids are a larger and more diverse family of living ungulates, deer are very recognizable with a pair of antlers, in fact all deer have antlers.
American scientist's a beach for giving Deer species a different and confusing names. Such as the Elk in Eurasia, but in America they are called Moose.
Internationally, there is no such thing as an elk, Alces alces is called an elk in Europe but is internationally called a moose, Cervus canadensis is called an elk in North America but is internationally referred to as a wapiti.
There exists a website that generates random aliens, and if the alien is male, there is a chance that he will know all about hunting spintog, his planet's equivalent of elk!
Male elk are actually called stags not bulls, female elk are actually called does, and baby elk are actually called fawns not calves, this is because elk are actually deer, calling male, female, and baby elk bulls, cows, and calves is for laypeople who believe elk as bovines.
