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Ethan Tapper on Instagram: "A moose is an elk! And an elk is a wapiti. As is the case with many wildlife species in North America, the modern naming of North American cervids is a bit of a mess. “Elk” is actually the English word for Alces alces – what we in North America call “moose.” Prior to colonization, there were five species of cervids (members of the Cervidae or “deer family”) endemic to North America: the moose (Alces alces) with a pre-colonial range similar to its present-day range, th