Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 653

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Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
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Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL

[Cervus] alces Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 66 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "Habitat in boroealibus Europae, Asiaeque Populetis"; identified as Sweden by Thomas (1911 a:151) .

Vernacular Names: Eurasian Elk.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Alces alces subsp. alces Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Alces alces subsp. caucasicus Vereshchagin 1955

Distribution: N Eurasia from Scandinavia, Poland, N Austria, and S Czech Republic (vagrant in Croatia, Hungary, and Romania), east to the Yenisei River (Siberia) and south to Ukraine, N Kazakhstan, N China (N Sinkiang), and possibly adjacent parts of Mongolia; extinct in Caucasus region since 19 th century.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Differs from A. americanus in karyotype, body dimensions and proportions, form of premaxilla, colouration, and structure and dimensions of antlers (Boyeskorov, 1999; Geist, 1998).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Cervidae

Genus

Alces

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Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Cervus] alces

Linnaeus 1758: 66
1758
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