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Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.66

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Artiodactyla
family
Cervidae
genus
Alces
species
Alces alces

Name

Synonyms
Alces alce (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alces antiquorum Rüppell, 1842
Alces coronatus
Alces europaeus Burnett, 1830
Alces jubata Fitzinger, 1860
Alces machilis
Alces muswa Richardson, 1852
Alces palmatus
Alces runnymedensis Hay, 1923
Cervalces americanus (Clinton, 1822)
Cervus alces Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Alce in English
Alce in Portuguese
Alce in Spanish
Alce in language.
Alce in Spanish
Alce euroasiatico in Italian
Alce euroasiático in Spanish
Alko in Ido
Alnis in Latvian
Alnis in Latvian
Alsi in Quechua
Altze in Basque
American Moose in English
Ant in Catalan–Valencian
Briedis in Lithuanian
Briedis in Lithuanian
Brīds in language.
Caucasian Moose in English
Caucasian Moose in English
Caucasian Moose in English
Caucasica in English
Cpogol in language.
Eich in German
Eich in German
Eich in English
Elan in Romanian
Elan in French
Elan in French
Elan in English
Eland in Dutch
Eland in Dutch
Elch in German
Elch in German
Elch in German
Elch in Luxembourgish
Elg in Norwegian
Elg in Danish
Elg in Danish
Elg in Danish
Elgur in Icelandic
Elgur in Faroese
Elk in language.
Elk in English
Elk in English
Elk in English
Elk in English
Elk (in Europe); Caucasian Moose (caucasica) in English
Elk (in Europe); Caucasian Moose (caucasica) in English
Elk/Moose in English
Elki in Swahili

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Eulipotyphla to Carnivora. 535.
  3. Franzmann, Albert W., 1981: Alces alces. Mammalian Species, no. 154. 1-7.
  4. Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur
  5. Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2011: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals. 885.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  7. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  8. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  9. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
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