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 Nort
Alaska moose
Alce, Potter marsh, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017 08 22, DD 139
Growing antlers are covered with a soft, furry covering called "velvet". Blood vessels in the velvet transport nutrients to support antler growth.
Alces is a genus of artiodactyl mammals, that includes the largest species of the deer family.
Moose
…or elks; used in Eurasia) (Alces alces) 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…
Elk (A. alces alces), cow, Fokstumyra, Norway
Elk (A. alces alces), cow, Oppdal, Norway
Alaska moose (A. alces gigas or A. americanus gigas), bull, Alaska