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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), and the extinct Gallic moose is more often referred to the genus Cervalces, since the structure of their antlers looks similar.[2]
- ^ "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.
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