Alces alces

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin alces (“elk, moose”).

Proper noun

Alces alces f

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 Encyclopedia of Life
Alces alces at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Alces alces in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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