Elk or wapiti. . Cervus canadensis. . "The flesh of the elk is said to be light and nourishing; but the nose of the moose-deer according to Pennant is reckoned the greatest delicacy in all Canada.". . Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature" (1798~1802) published by Harrison, London.