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Alces alces gigas  Miller, 1899
Taxonomic Serial No.: 898972

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Alces gigas Miller, 1899
  
  Common Name(s): Alaskan moose [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  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  
                                        TribeAlceini Brookes, 1828  
                                           GenusAlces Gray, 1821 – moose, Old World elk  
                                              SpeciesAlces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) – Moose, orignal, Eurasian Elk  
                                                 SubspeciesAlces alces gigas Miller, 1899 – Alaskan moose  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Eulipotyphla to Carnivora   
  Page(s): 535   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-350   
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  Reference for: Alces alces gigas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Franzmann, Albert W.  
  Publication Date: 1981   
  Article/Chapter Title: Alces alces   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, no. 154   
  Page(s): 1-7   
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  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/i281627 and http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-154-01-0001.pdf   
  Reference for: Alces alces gigas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peterson, Randolph L.  
  Publication Date: 1952   
  Article/Chapter Title: A review of the living representatives of the genus Alces   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Contributions of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology and Palaeontology, no. 34   
  Page(s): 1-30   
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  Notes: Available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36227866   
  Reference for: Alces alces gigas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2011   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals   
  Page(s): 885   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-77   
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  Reference for: Alces alces gigas   
       
  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 alces gigas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals   
  Page(s): xxv + 750   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-845-2   
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  Reference for: Alces alces gigas   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
 

 

    

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