Alces Gray, 1821

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

London Med. Repos. vol.15 p.307

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Artiodactyla

family

Cervidae

genus

Alces

Name

Synonyms

Achlis Fischer, 1829

Achlys Agassiz, 1846

Alce Frisch, 1775

Alce Smith, 1827

Alcelaphus Gloger, 1841

Alces shimeki Hay, 1914

Alcis Gray, 1850

Alus Gray, 1825

Paralces J.Allen, 1902

Homonyms

Alces Gray, 1821

Common names

Moose in English

Moose in English

Old World Elk in English

Old World elk in English

Old World elk in English

hirvet in Finnish

moose in English

moose in English

moose in English

Bibliographic References

1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
2. Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur
3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 91 Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4), 1 (1926)
4. Lond. Med. Reposit., 15
5. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
7. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
8. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
9. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
10. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
11. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
12. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
13. as per family