Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Merriam's elk -  The Merriam's Elk (Cervus canadensis merriami) is an extinct subspecies of elk once found in the arid lands of the southwestern United States predominantly Arizona. Since the arrival of the Europeans uncontrolled hunting and cattle grazing had driven the subspecies into extinction over a century ago with the exact presumed date being 1906. Another subspecies of elk Eastern Elk (Cervus Canadensis Canadensis) also went extinct at roughly the same time.
Animal

Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Shahrak-e Esteqlal Ilam -  Shahrak-e Esteqlal (Persian: شهرك استقلال‎ also Romanized as Shahrak-e Esteqlāl; also known as Esteqlāl) is a village in Dasht-e Abbas Rural District Musian District Dehloran County Ilam Province Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 459 in 79 families.
Village

Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Aleksandr Pyrchenkov -  Aleksandr Viktorovich Pyrchenkov (Russian: Александр Викторович Пырченков; born December 3 1980) is a Russian professional football player. He last played in the Russian Second Division for FC Pskov-747 Pskov.
Athlete

Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Greatest Hits: Songs from an Aging Sex Bomb -  Greatest Hits: Songs from an Aging Sex Bomb is a compilation album by American country music artist K. T. Oslin. It was released by RCA Nashville in 1993. A New Way Home a re-recording of a track from her Love in a Small Town album was the only single released from the project. The album reached #31 on the Top Country Albums chart.
Album