Olympic elk / Cervus canadensis roosevelti / wild Roosevelt elk cow, Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA.

Wild Roosevelt elk cows can be found here in Hoh Rain Forest on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA and in other Pacific Northwest rain forests. The Roosevelt elk (or Olympic elk, Cervus canadensis roosevelti) is the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk in North America. Elk protection helped motivate creation of the Mount Olympus National Monument in 1909, which later became Olympic National Park.

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Wild Roosevelt elk cows can be found here in Hoh Rain Forest on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA and in other Pacific Northwest rain forests. The Roosevelt elk (or Olympic elk, Cervus canadensis roosevelti) is the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk in North America. Elk protection helped motivate creation of the Mount Olympus National Monument in 1909, which later became Olympic National Park.