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Elk
Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates »  family Cervidae - deer and moose

Scientific synonyms

Alces alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alces alces angusticephalus Zukowsky, 1915
Alces alces antiquorum Rüppell, 1842
Alces alces caucasicus Vereshchagin, 1955
Alces alces europaeus Burnett, 1830
Alces alces jubata Fitzinger, 1860
Alces alces jubatus Fitzinger, 1860
Alces alces machlis Ogilby, 1837
Alces alces malchis Gray, 1850
Alces alces meridionalis Matschie, 1913

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Other names

= European Elk
= Moose

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IUCN category:Least Concern

Images

Alces alces - Elk

Author: Petr Pivoňka

Alces alces - Elk

Author: Jiří Bohdal

Alces alces - Elk

Author: Jiří Bohdal

Alces alces - Elk

Author: Ivan Mikšík

Alces alces - Elk

Alces alces - Elk

Author: Stolz, Gary M.

Alces alces - Elk

Alces alces - Elk

Author: Jakub Kašpar

Alces alces - Elk

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Taxon in country check-lists*

Austria, Belarus, Belgium†, Canada, China†, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France†, Germany, Latvia, Luxembourg†, Mongolia, Netherlands†, North Korea†, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland†, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America

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Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Fascioloides magna (Bassi, 1875)

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Distribution maps

Links and literature

CZ Natura Bohemica - Příroda České republiky [alces-alces]
Trnka F. (ed.): Natura Bohemica - Příroda České republiky [http://www.naturabohemica.cz]
EN ARKive [/eurasian-elk/alces-alces/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16
EN Fauna Europaea 2.4 [305254] [as Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)]
de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org]
Data retrieved on: 2012/03/09
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [41782] [as Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Alces alces Linnaeus, 1758]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Alces alces alces Linnaeus, 1758]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Alces alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)]
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)]
CZ Pluháček J., Hrabina P. & Robovský J. (2010): České názvy živočichů. Savci (Mammalia). Dodatek 2 – jelenovití (Cervidae), kabarovití (Moschidae) a kančilovití (Tragulidae), Lynx, n. s. (Praha) 42: 281–296 [as Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)]
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