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Elk animal on crystal mountain2/20/2024 The average, healthy, mature bull has six tines on each antler, and is known in some parts of the US as a “six point” or “six by six.”.More photos and descriptions of most of the animals above are below at this webpage.Įlk (5 foot tall) compares in size to a horse.Įlk “Antlers are usually symmetrical and occur on males and, only rarely, females. (Grand Teton birds has close-up photos of some of them.)Īnd in a drawing (not to quite the same scale) of (left to right) a deer, elk, moose and a man you can make a comparison of the difference in size / height of various mammals versus a human.Īnd in a third, not to quite the same scale, a comparison of the sizes of a wildlife of Mount Rainier National Park, (and of a lot of the Pacific Northwest) at the top, a Clark’s Nutcracker in flight, below it, an Elk, Mountain Goat, Black Bear, Hoary Marmot (left) and Chipmunk (right).Īnd a fourth drawing, also not to the same scale, shows, left to right, comparison of heights and sizes / proportions of Big Horn Sheep, Elk, Bear and Moose as seen from the side: In this NPS photo below of a Yellowstone wildlife montage by Robert ‘Bob’ Hynes, you can compare the difference in size / heights of various animals / birds we may see on the Outdoor Club trips to Grand Teton National Park.Īnimals, (left to right): a Coyote, a Mule Deer, a Bighorn sheep, a Bull elk, a Wolf, a Grizzly bear and cub, a Bull Moose, a Uinta Ground Squirrel, a Black bear, a Bison and calf, a Marmot, a Pika, and a Pronghorn (antelope)Īt the top of the illustration are, in flight, an Osprey on the far left, then past the moose antlers, (left to right) an American White Pelican, a Lesser Scaup, two Trumpeter Swans, and above them, a Green-winged Teal.
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