Moose Alces alces Least concern
Where the moose lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 98,216 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See deer on the world map
| Scientific name | Alces alces |
|---|---|
| Group | Deer |
| Status | Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 9 countries |
| Continents | Europe, North America |
| Diet (main food) | Taraxacum, Salix, Polypodiopsida, Populus tremuloides, forb, Potamogeton distinctus |
| Class | Mammal |
| Order | Artiodactyla |
| Family | Cervidae |
Where does the moose live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the moose in 9 countries and territories across Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Russia, Canada, Norway, United States, Finland, Sweden, Poland.
Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.
What does a moose eat?
Wikidata lists the main food source of the moose as: Taraxacum, Salix, Polypodiopsida, Populus tremuloides, forb, Potamogeton distinctus.
Is the moose endangered?
The moose’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the moose?
The moose (Alces alces) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Cervidae, genus Alces. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the moose
The moose or elk (Alces alces) 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 North America, falling short only to the American bison in body mass. Most adult male moose have broad, palmate ("open-hand shaped") antlers; most other members of the deer family have pointed antlers with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration. Moose inhabit the circumpolar boreal forests or temperate broadleaf and mixed forests of the Northern Hemisphere, thriving in cooler, temperate areas as well as subarctic climates.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Moose (revision 1379778130), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q35517 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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