The **deer** family, formally the family "Cervidae", are hoofed ruminant mammals. Male deer of all species (except the water deer) as well as female reindeer, grow and shed new antlers each year.

Family

Deer

The **elk** (*Cervus canadensis*), also known as the **wapiti**, is one of the largest species within the [deer family](/entry/demo-deer), Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America, as well as Central and East Asia. The common name "elk", used in North America, creates confusion because the larger *Alces alces*, which is called "moose" in North America, is also called "elk" in British English, and related names in other European languages (German Elch, Swedish älg, and French élan). The name "wapiti" is sometimes used in North America for *Cervus canadensis*. It originates from the Shawnee and Cree word waapiti, meaning 'white rump'.

The **moose** (in North America) is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family.

Moose

**Mammals** (from Latin *mamma*) are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia, characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or hair, and three middle ear bones.

Mammal

Class

Species

Specifies the class that this family belongs to.

Note

Some species that are found in this family.

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Description	The deer family, formally the family "Cervidae", are hoofed ruminant mammals. Male deer of all species (except the water deer) as well as female reindeer, grow and shed new antlers each year.
Class	CMammal
Species	SPElk, SPMoose
Note	This is a demo entry, with text content sourced from Wikipedia, used under the terms of its CC-BY-SA license.