Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Artiodactyla > Family Cervidae > Genus Alces

Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AlcesGray, 1821accepted genus name

Species group names

Cervus alces Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: Elg sources: danish PESI focal point
 English-United States: Eurasian Elk sources: english PESI focal point
 Greek: Άλκη sources: Greek PESI focal point
 Israel (Hebrew): איל הקורא sources: Hebrew PESI focal point
 Lithuanian: briedis sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point
 Norwegian Bokmål: elg sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:66
 Norwegian Nynorsk: elg sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:66
 Russian: лось sources: Russian PESI focal point
 Slovenian: los sources: Slovenian PESI focal point
 Spanish, Castillian: Alce sources: spanish PESI focal point
 Swedish: älg
 Turkish: Kanada ren geyiği; Sığın sources: Turkish PESI focal point
 Ukrainian: Лось європейський

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External Links

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Citation

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305254

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

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Importance

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Last modified

2005-01-25 by Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz

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