Assertion: red deer | /r/HasProperty | distinct species
Facets:
value: from red deer
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
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: 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: In North America the species is known as elk, while populations of red deer living in the far north of Canada are also known as wapiti, though many biologists argue that wapiti are, in fact, a separate species from red deer.
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.
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.