Alces
| Alces | |
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| Moose (Alces alces) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Tribe: | Alceini |
| Genus: | Alces Gray, 1821 |
| Type species | |
| Alces alces | |
| Species | |
Alces is a genus of artiodactyl mammals, that includes the largest species of the deer family.[1] There are two species in genus: the moose (Alces alces) and the fossil Alces gallicus (also known as the Gallic moose), that existed in the Pleistocene about 2 million years ago. Sometimes only one species is included in the genus, the modern moose (Alces alces), while the extinct Gallic moose is more often referred to the genus Cervalces, since the structure of their antlers looks similar.[2]
"American moose"
[edit]Sometimes the species Alces alces is divided into two separate species - European moose (A. alces), and American moose (A. americanus).[3] The American moose, contrary to its name, includes all subspecies of moose except the European and Caucasian moose, which belong to the European moose. The presence of two modern species in the genus remains controversial. These animals are often divided into two species because the North American and Asian subspecies have greater presence of chromosomes than the European subspecies - European moose have 68 of them while "American moose" subspecies has 70.[4][5]
Gallery
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European moose (A. alces alces) -
Alaskan moose (A. alces gigas or A. americanus gigas) -
Shiras moose (A. alces shirasi or A. americanus shirasi)
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Eastern moose (A. alces americana or A. americanus americana)
References
[edit]- ^ "Genus Alces". Mammal Species of the World. Bucknell University.
- ^ "TAXONOMY AND STRATIGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE OF MOOSE (ALCINI, CERVIDAE, MAMMALIA) IN THE LATE CENOZOIC OF EURASIA AND NORTH AMERICA" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ "Species Alces americanus". Mammal Species of the World. Bucknell University.
- ^ The Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 volumes]/ / ch. ed. by Yu. S. Osipov. — M. : The Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004-2017.
- ^ Diversity of mammals / O. L. Rossolimo, I. Ya. Pavlinov, S. V. Kruskop, A. A. Lisovsky, N. N. Spasskaya, A.V. Borisenko, A. A. Panyutina. — M. : Publishing House KMK, 2004. — [992] p. — (Diversity of animals). — ISBN 5-87317-098-3.
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