Reference photo — Badzil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
#017
Moose
Alces alces
Moderate
Least concern
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Mammals
- Family
- Cervidae
- Size
- 1.4–2.1 m (shoulder)
- Weight
- 200–700 kg
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Lifespan
- 15–20 yrs
- Habitat
- Boreal forests, Wetlands, Mixed woodland
About
The moose or elk is the world’s tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only extant species in the genus Alces. It is also the tallest, and the second-largest, land animal in North America, falling short only to the American bison in body mass. Most adult male moose have broad, palmate antlers; other members of the deer family have pointed antlers with a dendritic (“twig-like”) configuration.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.