Alces alces

Summary

Alces alces is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.041% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,097 views/month, #79 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alces alces received the Animal of the Year^[3].
• Alces alces's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Alces alces is classified at the rank of species^[5].
• Alces alces's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[6].
• Alces alces belongs to the parent taxon Alces^[7].
• Alces alces's scientific name is Alces alces^[8].
• Alces alces's Commons category is recorded as Alces alces^[9].
• Alces alces's Unicode character is recorded as 🫎^[10].
• Alces alces's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Moose^[11].
• Alces alces's Commons gallery is recorded as Alces alces^[12].
• Alces alces's main food source is recorded as forb^[13].
• Alces alces's main food source is recorded as Q25243^[14].
• Alces alces's main food source is recorded as Lilium^[15].
• Alces alces's main food source is recorded as Potamogeton distinctus^[16].
• Alces alces's main food source is recorded as Taraxacum^[17].
• Alces alces's main food source is recorded as Populus tremuloides^[18].
• Alces alces's main food source is recorded as Acer pensylvanicum^[19].
• Alces alces's main food source is recorded as Polypodiopsida^[20].
• Alces alces's main food source is recorded as Salix^[21].
• Alces alces's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Alces alces's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Alces alces's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[24].
• Alces alces's described by source is recorded as How Elk Shed and Renew their Antlers^[25].
• Alces alces's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[26].
• Alces alces's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8^[27].

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Classification

Alces alces's scientific name is Alces alces^[8]. It is classified at the rank of species^[5]. It is classified within Alces^[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Alce'}^[28], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Élan'}^[29], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elk'}^[30], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Elch'}^[31], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Eurasischer Elch'}^[32], and {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'los evropský'}^[33].

Identifiers

Alces alces's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9852^[34]. Alces alces's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328654^[35]. Alces alces's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440940^[36]. Alces alces's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180703^[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Alces alces include moose test^[38], a test^[39], founded in 1975^[40].

Why It Matters

Alces alces ranks in the top 0.041% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,097 views/month, #79 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for it include moose test^[38], a test^[39], founded in 1975^[40].

FAQs

What awards did Alces alces receive?

Honors received include Animal of the Year^[3].