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OP Abolutely clear is also that with the move from Europe to The New World some animal names have brought with them some little confusians. It's the waipiti also being called elk that does it. Like the hare-rabbit thing.
But we need not bicker over these.
Thanks for the new to me word un·gu·lat, Maven !
(Having hooves.)
The different species, Cervus canadensis, called elk or wapiti in Canada and the USA. They are similar to the red deer, Cervus elaphus, of Europe. More to the words end of things: Latin alces 'elk' is cognate with Old English eolh, German Elch, Russian лось (los').
>>Cervus elaphus then comes closest to Dutch " eland ". In the days of PIE and roots and Indo-Germanic migrations we peasants, traders, fishermen did go with alces alces and neither elk nor moose. " Eland " we call'em. Is that so? elaphus - eland, according to Djeem's Law?<<
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