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Elk is a large herbivore, with a body length of170-217cm and a tail length of 60-75cm. Elk has a strong neck and back, strong limbs and developed lateral hooves, which is suitable for walking in swamps. Hair is reddish brown in summer and brownish yellow after depilation in winter; Newborn cubs are orange with white spots. The long tail is used to drive mosquitoes and flies to adapt to the swamp environment.

Elk originated in the swamp area in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China and flourished before 10000 -3000 years. Elk fossils have also been found in Korea and Japan.

Later, due to natural climate change and human hunting, 1894 Yongding River flooded, destroying the wall of Royal Hunt Garden. The remaining elk escaped, were chased and robbed by hungry people and later Eight-Nation Alliance, and disappeared in China. Although the wild milu deer became extinct, the natural population of milu deer was finally re-established in China through stocking.

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Population growth and agricultural development have invaded the living area of elk. The killing of human beings has seriously affected the survival of elk. Archaeological findings show that 1000 to 4000 years ago, the number of elk bones unearthed from human sites was equivalent to that of domestic pigs. It can be seen that at that time, elk were hunted as food by human beings.

1On August 4th, 986, with the joint efforts of the World Wildlife Fund and China Forestry Department, 39 elk from seven zoos in Britain returned to their hometown-Dafeng, Jiangsu, and were kept in Dafeng Elk Reserve. China Elk is mainly distributed in three nature reserves, namely Jiangsu Dafeng Elk National Nature Reserve, Beijing Daxing Elk Garden and Hubei Shishou Elk National Nature Reserve.

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