- used in Eurasia) (
Alces alces) is the world's tallest,
largest and
heaviest extant species of deer and the only
species in the
genus Alces. It is also the...
-
originally referred to the
European variety of the moose,
Alces alces, but was
transferred to
Cervus canadensis by
North American colonists. The name "wapiti"...
- Thorold's deer (
Cervus albirostris) is a
threatened species of deer
found in the gr****land, shrubland, and
forest habitats, at high altitudes, of the eastern...
- the
extant genus Alces and the
extinct genera Cervalces and Libralces.
Extant genera Alces Extinct genera †Cervalces †Libralces †
Cervus sivalensis? Breda...
- a pine tree (Americana,
quinis ex uno
folliculo setis) with a
moose (
cervus alces), at the foot of it, re****bent; supporters: on
dexter side, a husbandman...
- Johnson, who
retained the
specimen in his collection,
named it
Cervus latifrons,
Cervus being the only
genus of deer
known at that time. The
specific name...
-
formally named as
Alce gigantea by
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in his
Handbuch der
Naturgeschichte in 1799, with
Alce being a
variant of
Alces, the
Latin name...
- The red deer (
Cervus elaphus) is one of the
largest deer species. A male red deer is
called a stag or hart, and a
female is
called a doe or hind. The red...
-
species in the
genus Cervus.
Genetic and
morphological evidence suggest more
species should be recognized. For example, the
species Cervus canadensis (elk/wapiti)...
- (Rangifer tarandus) but is
primarily known as a
serious pest of
moose (
Alces alces). As
early as 1909,
Ernest Thompson Seton described the
winter tick as...
