The mountain elk eats mostly leaves, shrubs and twigs. 

Food

 The mountain elks predator is a bear. They can fight back by using their antlers.  

Predators

The difference about a mountain elk and a moose is that a mountain elk has a lighter brown coat and a  moose has a darker brown coat.

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Moose

Appearance

A mountain elk is 5 feet tall and weighs 700 pounds. They are one of the largest members of the Ceridae family, and sometimes they are mistaken for a moose.

Sometimes people have to kill them to eat them or just because of their fur.

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Mountain elks fur

Some people think that mountain elks live in a forest. However, they live in meadows.

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Their habitats are open areas such as marshy meadows, grass lands, river flats, and aspen parkland.

Habitat

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Pennywort

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Bog

Plants that grow in the marshy meadow.