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{{Short description|Subspecies of deer}}
{{subspeciesbox
| name = Alashan wapiti
| genus = Cervus
| species = canadensis
| species_link = Elk
| authority = ([[Nikolai Alexejewitsch Bobrinski|Bobrinskii]] & [[Aleksandr Fedorovich Flerov|Flerov]], 1935)
| subspecies = alashanicus
}}

The '''Alashan wapiti''' (''Cervus canadensis alashanicus'') is an Asian [[subspecies]] of wapiti (''[[Cervus canadensis]]''), or ''elk'' as they are called in [[North America]].

The Alashan wapiti is found in pockets of Northern [[China]] and [[Mongolia]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ohtaishi |first1=Noriyuki |last2=Gao |first2=Yaoting |date=June 1990 |title=A review of the distribution of all species of deer (Tragulidae, Moschidae and Cervidae) in China |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2907.1990.tb00108.x |journal=Mammal Review |language=en |volume=20 |issue=2–3 |pages=125–144 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2907.1990.tb00108.x |bibcode=1990MamRv..20..125O |issn=0305-1838|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The Alashan wapiti is the smallest subspecies of wapiti and has the lightest coat color. It is the least-studied subspecies of wapiti, with little formal research having been conducted; this is partially due to the deer’s vast, remote distribution over frequently inaccessible terrain, as well as smaller, fragmented overall populations.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Qiao, F.; Du, H.; Zhang, X.; Feng, C.; Tan, Z.; Yu, Y.; Liu, Z. |title=The Protection and Management of Wapiti in Desert Oases: Bare Land Poses a Limitation to Wapiti Conservation |journal=Biology |date=2024 |volume=13 |issue=9 |page=737 |doi=10.3390/biology13090737 |doi-access=free |pmid=39336164 |pmc=11428931 }}</ref>

This subspecies of wapiti may be synonymous with the [[Manchurian wapiti]] (''C. c. xanthopygus'') as found in a 2004 study on the genetics of the [[Red Deer]] (''Cervus elaphus'').<ref>''Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of red deer (Cervus elaphus)'', by Christian J. Ludt. In ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 31 (2004), p. 1064–1083. Online copy Archived 2008-04-09 at the [[Wayback Machine]]</ref>

== References ==
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