Assertion: elk | /r/HasProperty | distinct species
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text: However, mitochondrial DNA studies, conducted on hundreds of samples in 2004 from red deer and elk subspecies as well as other species of the Cervus deer family, strongly indicate that elk, or wapiti, should be a distinct species, namely Cervus canadensis.
text: But in 2004, the issue was settled once and for all with a mitochondrial DNA test, which proved that red deer and elk are in fact two distinct species.