Some artiodactyls have surprisingly small ranges; Hunter’s hartebeest (Beatragus hunteri) and the dibatag (Ammodorcas clarkei), for example, are found in two very restricted areas in eastern Africa. Others have extremely large ranges, such as the roe deer, which lives from the western shores of Europe to the eastern shores of Asia, or the red deer, which is found in a similar band across Eurasia and is regarded by many as conspecific with the North American wapiti or elk (otherwise called Cervus canadensis). Sometimes a considerable area may be occupied by a chain of related species, an example being the oryxes; ...(100 of 11147 words)