'Elk Bull' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Elk Bull

23 September 2016

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Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Crestone, Colorado, USA

American Elk

Cervus canadensis ssp. canadensis

iNaturalist Observation

MARKED RESEARCH GRADE

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