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The Western moose [2] (Alces alces andersoni) is a subspecies of moose that inhabits boreal forests and mixed deciduous forests in the Canadian Arctic, western Canadian provinces and a few western sections of the northern United States. It is the second largest North American subspecies of moose, second to the Alaskan moose.
There are two species in genus: the moose (Alces alces) and the fossil Alces gallicus (also known as the Gallic moose), that existed in the Pleistocene about 2 million years ago. Sometimes only one species is included in the genus, the modern moose ( Alces alces ), and the extinct Gallic moose is more often referred to the genus Cervalces ...
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.
Bull moose can get their antlers locked during a fight, and if so both moose can die from severe injuries or starvation. However, unlike deer, "fighting bull moose rarely lock horns as their antlers are palmated." [11] [12] Bull moose call out a subtle mating call to attract female moose and to warn other males. If a male moose loses to another ...
A moose in western Alaska has tested positive for rabies in the first apparent case of a rabid moose in North America, state game officials said. Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials began ...
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 with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration.
Two weeks ago, Idaho Fish and Game tranquilized and relocated a cow moose that had been frequenting a local neighborhood. Bull moose captured in Boise-area neighborhood — the second moose ...
Alces gallicus, also known as the Gallic moose, [3] is an extinct species of moose, which has been found in Europe.It is believed to have lived in Pleistocene about 2 MYA. . This species was smaller than recent moose, but it had longer antlers than it's modern relati