It is one of the common ways to call the Canadian deer. It is also often called uapatí. Its scientific name is Cervus canadensis and it belongs to the family Cervidae. In the Shawnee language, it means "white-buttocked".
WAPATÍ wapití or Canadian deer is a species of artiodactyl mammal of the cervid family that lives in North America, Central and East Asia. Males have a dense mane on the neck