Elk
Alces alces
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Mass
- 400 kg
- Speed
- 56 km/h
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
In short
The moose or elk is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only extant species in the genus Alces. It is also the tallest, and the second-largest, land animal in North America, falling short only to the American bison in body mass. Most adult male moose have broad, palmate antlers; most other members of the deer family have pointed antlers with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration. Moose inhabit the circumpolar boreal forests or temperate broadleaf and mixed forests of the Northern Hemisphere, thriving in cooler, temperate areas as well as subarctic climates.
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The moose or elk is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only extant species in the genus…