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Elk
Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

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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Type taxon of:Alces Gray, 1821 (Cervus alces Linnaeus, 1758)
IUCN category:
Least Concern

Images

Alces alces - Elk

male

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Alces alces - Elk

Author: Jiří Bohdal

Alces alces - Elk

Author: Jiří Bohdal

Alces alces - Elk

Author: Petr Pivoňka

Alces alces - Elk

Author: Ivan Mikšík

Alces alces - Elk

Alces alces - Elk

Author: Jakub Kašpar

Alces alces - Elk

male

Author: Milan Kořínek

Alces alces - Elk

male

Author: Milan Kořínek
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juvenile animal

Alces alces - Elk

Alces alces - Elk

Alces alces alces

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Alces alces - Elk

Alces alces alces

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Taxon in country check-lists*

Austria, Belarus, Belgium†, China†, Czech Republic (map) (Bohemia, Moravia), Estonia, Finland, France†, Germany, Latvia, Luxembourg†, Mongolia, Netherlands†, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland†, Ukraine, United Kingdom

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Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Fascioloides magna (Bassi, 1875), Chorioptes bovis (Hering, 1845), Sarcocystis alces Dahlgren et Gjerde, 2008, Sarcocystis ovalis Dahlgren et Gjerde, 2008, Sarcocystis scandinavica Dahlgren et Gjerde, 2009

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Links and literature

CZ Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody (ISOP) [34345]

Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody (ISOP) [http://portal.nature.cz] [as Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 9 January 2014
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: 16 December 2010
EN Fauna Europaea 2.4 [305254]

de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [56003281]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 2 August 2018
EN 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] [as Alces alces Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
EN 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] [as Alces alces alces Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
DE Zootier-Lexikon [217:elch]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 21 November 2018
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)]
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Alces alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)]
CZ Pluháček J., Hrabina P. & Robovský J. (2011): 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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