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elk are deer but not all deer
are elk.

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Confused?

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Deer is an overall name for many
animals in the hoofed ruminants

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family, including others like
moose and reindeer.

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While elk and deer share a
family classification, there are

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some key differences between the
two.

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Elk are much larger.

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A male elk can weigh as much as
700 pounds, a male deer buck

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would average about 250 pounds.

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Elk and deer prefer to live in
different habitats.

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Elk like to live in forested,
mountainous regions with open

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grasslands.

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Deer like to live in more varied
places, like deserts, plains,

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woodlands and tundra.

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Deer like to eat the soft tips
of shrubs and bushes.

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While Elk eat mostly grasses and
soft-stemmed plants.

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And elk and deer make different
sounds.

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Deer are quieter.

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They make a hoarse, high-pitched
sound, sort of like a goat's

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bleat.

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While female elk chirp, mew and
squeal, and male elk bugle.

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For more information about elk,
check out the science trek

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website.

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You'll find it at science trek
dot org