Picture No | 10184687 |
Date | 1790 |
Description | AMERICAN ELK (BEWICK) |
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Just to confuse us all, this is neither the European Elk nor the American Moose, but 'seems to belong to a distinct species, and is probably the Elk or original of Canada'.
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Source | Wood-engraving by Thomas Bewick in his General History of Quadrupeds 1790 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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