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SPECIES Alces alces
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 66. | Common Name: | Eurasian Elk | Type Locality: | "Habitat in boroealibus Europae, Asiaeque Populetis"; identified as Sweden by Thomas (1911a:151). | Distribution: | N Eurasia from Scandinavia, Poland, N Austria, and S Czech Republic (vagrant in Croatia, Hungary, and Romania), east to the Yenisei River (Siberia) and south to Ukraine, N Kazakhstan, N China (N Sinkiang), and possibly adjacent parts of Mongolia; extinct in Caucasus region since 19th century. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Differs from A. americanus in karyotype, body dimensions and proportions, form of premaxilla, colouration, and structure and dimensions of antlers (Boyeskorov, 1999; Geist, 1998). |
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