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Alces americanus americanus  (Clinton, 1822)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 898420

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Alces pfizenmayeri Zukowsky, 1910
  
    Alces gigas Miller, 1899
  
    Alces alces americana (Clinton, 1822)
  
    Alces alces andersoni Peterson, 1950
  
    Alces alces gigas Miller, 1899
  
    Alces alces shirasi Nelson, 1914
  
    Alces alces pfizenmayeri Zukowsky, 1910
  
    Alces americanus shirasi Nelson, 1914
  
    Alces americana andersoni Peterson, 1950
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates  
                                  FamilyCervidae Goldfuss, 1820 – cervids, caribou, deer, moose, wapiti  
                                     SubfamilyCapreolinae Brookes, 1828  
                                        GenusAlces Gray, 1821 – moose, Old World elk  
                                           SpeciesAlces americanus (Clinton, 1822) – Moose  
                                              SubspeciesAlces americanus americanus (Clinton, 1822)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Alces americanus americanus   
       

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