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Definition of Cervus alces

Cervus alces
Elk Elk, n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zo["o]l.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti. Irish elk (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer (Cervus giganteus) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of Antler. Cape elk (Zo["o]l.), the eland.

Meaning of Cervus alces from wikipedia

- 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"...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- extant genus Alces and the extinct genera Cervalces and Libralces. The only extant species in this tribe is the moose. Extant genera Alces Extinct genera...
- deer (Dama dama), red deer (Cervus elaphus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), Sika deer (Cervus nippon), moose (Alces alces), and caribou (Rangifer caribou)...
- species in the genus Cervus. Genetic and morphological evidence suggest more species should be recognized. For example, the species Cervus canadensis (elk/wapiti)...
- deer Cervus Cervus camelopardalis – giraffe Cervus alces – elk Cervus elaphus – red deer Cervus tarandus – reindeer Cervus dama – fallow deer Cervus bezoarticus...
- Retrieved November 27, 2009. Franzmann, A. W. (1981). Alces alces. Mammalian Species, 1-7. "Cervus elaphus". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan...