Cervus canadensis (ungulate)
Variant names: Cervus elaphus, Cervus elephas

Mass: 170 kg based on Bender et al. 2003 and López-Olvera et al. 2013

Diet: browser-grazer based on Craighead et al. 1973; grazer based on Bowyer 1981

Abundance: 0.01 to 60.36% (median 2.64%)

Latitudinal range: 30.6° to 67.8°

Habitats: (29), boreal forest/taiga (1), desert/xeric shrubland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (5), temperate savanna (1)

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Found in 38 samples

Canada: Canadian National Railway (spring), Canadian National Railway (summer), Canadian National Railway (fall), Old Crow River Loc. 11A (square S30E120) (Late Pleistocene), Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV) (Holocene), DjPp-8 (level A) (Holocene), DjPp-8 (level B) (Holocene), Pender Canal Site (trench) (Holocene), Irving-Johnston (Holocene), St. Brieux (spring 2012)

China: Kanas National Nature Reserve

United States: North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River, Davis Mountain Preserve, Crystal Ball Cave (Late Pleistocene), North Creek Shelter (Early Archaic) (Holocene), Hulme Site (Holocene), Lower Walnut Settlement (Holocene), Angel Site (Subdivision W10D) (Holocene), Wewukiyepuh (Holocene), Trappers Point (Stratum III) (Holocene), Trappers Point (Stratum V) (Holocene), Trappers Point (Stratum VII) (Holocene), Weber I (Middle Archaic) (Holocene), Weber I (Late Archaic) (Holocene), Hobson Site (Holocene), Hale Farm (Holocene), Dead Indian Creek (Holocene), Guard (Holocene), Prison Farm (Holocene), Cole Gravel Pit (Holocene), Baker Village (Holocene), Scovill (Holocene), Hosterman's Pit (Holocene), Polecat Creek (alluvial gravel) (Late Pleistocene), Flagg Swamp Rockshelter (Archaic) (Holocene), Nugget Canyon, West of US 287, Marmes Rockshelter (Marmes horizon) (Holocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass249000 kgN = 27Bender et al. 2003
♂ body mass401000 kgN = 38Bender et al. 2003
♀ body mass85900 kgN = 38López-Olvera et al. 2013
♀ body mass94200 kgN = 11López-Olvera et al. 2013
♂ body mass119000 kgN = 21López-Olvera et al. 2013
♂ body mass143800 kgN = 18López-Olvera et al. 2013

See also Cervus, Cervus albirostris, Cervus duvaucelii, Cervus elaphus, Cervus eldii, Cervus fengqii, Cervus grayi, Cervus hanglu, Cervus nippon, Cervus perrieri, Cervus philisi, Cervus s.l. nestii vallonnetensis, Cervus sp., Cervus sp. 1, Cervus sp. 2, Cervus spp., Cervus unicolor, Cervus yunnanensis