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Eastern moose are the third largest subspecies of moose only behind the western moose and the Alaska moose. Males stand on average 1.7–2.0 m (5.6–6.6 ft) at the shoulder and weigh up to 634 kg (1,398 lb). Females stand on average 1.7 m (5.6 ft) at the shoulder and weigh on average 270–360 kg (600–790 lb). Eastern moose antlers have an ...
List of cervids. Five cervid species (clockwise from top left): the red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon), barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Cervidae is a family of hoofed ruminant mammals in the order Artiodactyla. A member of this family is called a deer ...
Family Felidae – cats. Subfamily Pantherinae. Genus Neofelis – clouded leopards. Genus Panthera – lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, snow leopard. Subfamily Felinae. Genus Catopuma – Bay cat and Asian golden cat. Genus Pardofelis – marbled cat. Genus Caracal – caracal and African golden cat.
Category. : Moose. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alces alces. Articles relating to the moose, ( Alces alces ), a member of the Capreolinae and the largest and heaviest extant species in the Cervidae. Most adult male moose have distinctive broad, palmate ("open-hand shaped") antlers; most other members of the deer family have antlers ...
This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region, whether resident or as migrants. This article does not include species found only in captivity.
The elk or wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is one of the largest species of deer in the world and one of the largest mammals in North America and eastern Asia. In the deer family , only the moose, Alces alces (called an "elk" in Europe), is larger, and Cervus unicolor (the sambar deer) can rival the C. canadensis elk in size. Elk range in forest and ...
The elk (pl.: elk or elks; Cervus canadensis), or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The word "elk" originally referred to the European variety of the moose, Alces alces, but was transferred to Cervus ...
List of animal names. Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on ...