Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
- Dataset
- Order Artiodactyla
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Linnaeus (1758): Alces alces. Syst. Nat., 10th ed. 1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Artiodactyla
- family
- Cervidae
- genus
- Alces
- species
- Alces alces
discussion
COMMENTS: Revised by R. L. Peterson (1952); reviewed by Franzmann (1981, Mammalian Species, 154).
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: N Eurasia from Scandinavia and Poland, east to Anadyr region (E Siberia); south to Ukraine and S Siberia, N Mongolia and N China (Xingjiang, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang); Alaska (USA); Canada; N USA; extinct in Caucasus region since last century; introduced to New Zealand.
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden.
Name
- Homonyms
- Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)