Can Sika & Elk crossbreed with each other?

FSGuide

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4:29p, 12/25/10

I am hearing from some people that they can and from others that they cannot. I bet somebody on the OB knows for sure.

texrover91

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4:37p, 12/25/10

don't know the answer but a friend's family ranch has had sika, red stag, fallow, black buck, corsican, axis, and white tail on about 1600 acres high fenced and no cross breeding for 20+ years.

obviously red stag doesn't equal elk, but similar fwiw...

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5:31p, 12/25/10

ursus may correct me, but I believe that any of the Cervus genus can breed with each other. Doesn't mean they will, but they can.

birdman

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8:09p, 12/25/10

I think they can and are called silk deer.

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8:20p, 12/25/10

IIRC sika, elk and red deer can all interbreed.

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10:35p, 12/25/10

Yep, and as birdman mentioned, commonly known as silk deer

http://www.allaboutexotics.com/exotic-species/texas-silk/

lglidewell

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5:18p, 12/26/10

As most have mentioned, they can. I have pics on my work pc that my buddy killed on his place near Rocksprings. I'll post pic of one tomorrow. He calls them Sika Grande's.

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10:42p, 12/26/10

Just guessing, but I would assume they're sterile?

At the ranch I worked on in school, we had a few axis does that were bred by a sika buck. The offspring were all females and looked pretty much just like regular axis, but they were darker.

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7:57a, 12/27/10