Alces

Alces is a genus of artiodactyl mammals, that includes the largest species of the deer family.^[1] 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), while the extinct Gallic moose is more often referred to the genus Cervalces, since the structure of their antlers looks similar.^[2]

Alces
Moose (Alces alces)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Capreolinae
Tribe:	Alceini
Genus:	Alces Gray, 1821
Type species
Alces alces Linnaeus, 1821
Species
Alces alces †Alces gallicus?

"American moose"

Sometimes the species Alces alces is divided into two separate species - European moose (A. alces), and American moose (A. americanus).^[3] The American moose, contrary to its name, includes all subspecies of moose except the European and Caucasian moose, which belong to the European moose. The presence of two modern species in the genus remains controversial. These animals are often divided into two species because the North American and Asian subspecies have greater presence of chromosomes than the European subspecies - European moose have 68 of them while "American moose" subspecies has 70.^[4][5]

Gallery

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  European moose (A. alces alces)
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  Alaskan moose (A. alces gigas or A. americanus gigas)
• Shiras moose (A. alces shirasi or A. americanus shirasi)
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  Eastern moose (A. alces americana or A. americanus americana)