Moose
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    Moose

    Alces alces

    Big Herbivores
    Least Concern

    Quick Facts

    Gestation~233 days
    DietSalix, Betula, Taraxacum, Polypodiopsida, Populus tremuloides

    Facts sourced from Wikidata (CC0).

    Best Months to Spot

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    Most sightings recorded in Apr, May. Data from GBIF - a global database of verified wildlife observations by researchers and citizen scientists.

    The moose or elk 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 antlers; 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.

    Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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