i don't remember specifically. all the cars stopped and watched. huge horns, huge elk. I've also had the privilege to see a big sheep ram in ehrenberg, az and also a California Condor near Tonopah AZ. definitely highlights of my trucking career. God is Good!
So when you say the Arizona Elk was extinct in 1893, are you saying that there was a subspecies of elk that existed in Arizona but is now extinct or are you saying that elk throughout the whole state of Arizona was killed off or went extinct like no sign of elk at all in 1893? This is a very interesting video by the way😁
So historically in the southwest there was an elk subspecies called the Merriam’s Elk. That species went extinct. 😢😢😢 The Rocky Mountain elk was reintroduced to Arizona and that’s what we have now. 😁😁😁
The IUCN made a reclasification of elk phylogenics, and says that there are only three subspecies: Tule elk, Roosevelt elk and Rocky Mountain Elk is same subspecies as Manitoban elk, Eastern elk (extinct) and merriam's elk. Also there is reported that historic range of Merriam's elk reached until México Sierras Madre (Madrean mountains) but based only on spaniards rumors, misinterpretation of mexica (aztecs) stories, a fossil of bighorn sheep found on Cuatro Cienegas missidentified as elk, and only two reasonable sights on Mexico: one on San José Mountains (on the Madrean Archipelago in Sonora) and in Coahuila. The sights in Sonora says that a man, who never went ro the US west and all his live lived there saw "two huge deers with large antlers" on the mountains, and then some people who actually knew elk saw footprints and other traces and said that they corresponded to elk, but after that there were not new reports on that place. The Coahuila sight if i can remember correctly were bones or something.
thanks! happy i saw an elk crossing the road around heber, az. beautiful site to see!
That’s great to hear. I know of the crossing just east of Star Valley on the way to Heber. Is that the one you’re talking about?
i don't remember specifically. all the cars stopped and watched. huge horns, huge elk.
I've also had the privilege to see a big sheep ram in ehrenberg, az and also a California Condor near Tonopah AZ. definitely highlights of my trucking career. God is Good!
Hopefully these elk will help in supporting the incoming jaguars that may be resettled in Arizona with time!
And hopefully there may be some merriam elks roaming on México's madrean archipelago.
So when you say the Arizona Elk was extinct in 1893, are you saying that there was a subspecies of elk that existed in Arizona but is now extinct or are you saying that elk throughout the whole state of Arizona was killed off or went extinct like no sign of elk at all in 1893? This is a very interesting video by the way😁
So historically in the southwest there was an elk subspecies called the Merriam’s Elk. That species went extinct. 😢😢😢 The Rocky Mountain elk was reintroduced to Arizona and that’s what we have now. 😁😁😁
The IUCN made a reclasification of elk phylogenics, and says that there are only three subspecies: Tule elk, Roosevelt elk and Rocky Mountain Elk is same subspecies as Manitoban elk, Eastern elk (extinct) and merriam's elk.
Also there is reported that historic range of Merriam's elk reached until México Sierras Madre (Madrean mountains) but based only on spaniards rumors, misinterpretation of mexica (aztecs) stories, a fossil of bighorn sheep found on Cuatro Cienegas missidentified as elk, and only two reasonable sights on Mexico: one on San José Mountains (on the Madrean Archipelago in Sonora) and in Coahuila. The sights in Sonora says that a man, who never went ro the US west and all his live lived there saw "two huge deers with large antlers" on the mountains, and then some people who actually knew elk saw footprints and other traces and said that they corresponded to elk, but after that there were not new reports on that place. The Coahuila sight if i can remember correctly were bones or something.