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

Roosevelt elk bulls carry impressive antlers and browse in Hoh Rain Forest on Washington's wet Olympic Peninsula (and in other rain forests of the Pacific Northwest). The Roosevelt elk (or Olympic elk, Cervus canadensis roosevelti) is the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk in North America. Elk protection motivated creation of Mount Olympus National Monument in 1909, which later became Olympic National Park.

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Roosevelt elk bulls carry impressive antlers and browse in Hoh Rain Forest on Washington's wet Olympic Peninsula (and in other rain forests of the Pacific Northwest). The Roosevelt elk (or Olympic elk, Cervus canadensis roosevelti) is the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk in North America. Elk protection motivated creation of Mount Olympus National Monument in 1909, which later became Olympic National Park.