Moose
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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
Crossing a river
Growing antlers are covered with a soft, furry covering called "velvet". Blood vessels in the velvet transport nutrients to support antler growth.
Elk
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The elk or wapiti is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The word "e
Moose
…elk" in British English. The word "elk" in North American English refers to a completely different species of deer, Cervus canadensis, also called the wapiti (from Algonquin). A mature male moose is called a bull, a mature female a cow, and an immature moose of either sex a calf. In Classical Antiquity, the…
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Cow and calf elk
Male elk in snow at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Elk crossing Opal Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone