Alces alces
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Translingual
Etymology
From Latin alces (“elk, moose”).
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Cervidae – a large, northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in a male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America (unless North American members of genus Alces are treated as a separate species Alces americanus).
Hypernyms
- (species): Artiodactyla - order; Cervidae - family; Capreolinae or Odocoileinae - subfamily; Alces - genus
Hyponyms
- (species): Alces alces alces, Alces alces caucasicus - subspecies[1]
Coordinate terms
- (species): Alces americanus - species[1]
References
Moose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Alces alces on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Alces alces on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Alces alces at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Alces_alces at Animal Diversity Web
- Alces alces at AnimalBase
- Alces alces at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alces alces in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.