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The Name - Moose international ... |
It took me a while to understand confused glances from colleagues and
friends from all over the world when talking about the most
important animal - the moose - or : elk!
There are two English words for them: "moose" is US American
while "elk" is the British English version.
Confusing it gets as "elk" - US Version - is used for "Cervus
elaphus"! Lucky we have a clear latin version - which then ends up in
"deer" in British English.
To make it cristal clear for those visiting from all over the world : Here you can find the name of what we are talking about here:
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United States (American English) | Moose |
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GB (British English) | Elk |
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Germany (German) | Elch / Elen |
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Sweden (Swedish) | Älg |
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Finland (Finnish) | Hirvi |
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France (French) | Élan / l'orignal |
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Denmark (Danish) | Elg / Elsdyr |
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Italy (Italian) | Alce |
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Hungary (Hungarian) | Jávorszarvas |
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Norway (Norwegian) | Elg |
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Netherlands (Dutch | Eland |
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Poland (Polish) | Los / Tos |
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Portugal (Portuguese) | Alce |
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Russia (Russian) | Einu / Woss |
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Latvia (Letvian) | Poder |
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Lithuania (Lithuanian) | Briedis |
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Mongolia (Mongolian) | Khandgai |
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China (Chinese): | Milu (PIN-YIN: mi2 lu4)
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Greece (Greek) | Mlkh |
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Iceland (Icelandic) | Elgur |
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Spain (Spanish) | Alce |
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Latvia (Latvian, Lettish) | Alnis |
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Romania (Romanian) | Elan |
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Luxembourg (Luxemburgish) | Elch |
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Estonia (Estonian) | Poder |
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Croatia (Croatian) | Los |
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Czech Republik (Czech) | Los |
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Slovenia (Slovenian) | Los |
The name "moose", used in North America, origins from the native inhabitants of that region - Algonkian (Algonquin) Indians. In their language "mons", "mos" or "moz" means "twig eater", what in fact is a quite good description of one of the major activities of them. The step to the final word "moose" is not very far.
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Scientific/Taxonomic classification |
When investigating the following table I noticed differences of opinion in the literature regarding "subfamilia" and "genus". Whatever is correct I can't decide - potentially there is no right or wrong in this topic but just different opinions in the scientific world - here is one version:
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| REGNUM | Animalia | Reich | Tiere | Kingdom | Animals |
| PHYLUM | Chordata | Stamm | Chordatiere | Phylum | Chordates |
| Subphylum | Vertebrate | System | Wirbeltiere | Sub-Phylum | Vertebrate |
| CLASSIS | Mammalia | Klasse | Säugetiere | Class | Mammals |
| Subclassis | Theria | Unterklasse | Eigentliche Säuger | Sub-Class | Therian mammals |
| Infraclassis | Eutheria | Teilklasse | Höhere Säuger | Infra-Class | Placental mammals |
| Superordo | Paraxonia | Überordnung | Spreizzeher | Super-Order | Even-toed ungulates |
| ORDO | Artiodactyla | Ordnung | Paarhufer | Order | Artiodactyls, Even-toed ungulates |
| Subordo | Ruminantia | Unterordnung | Wiederkäuer | Suborder | Ruminents |
| FAMILIA | Cervidae | Familie | Hirsche | Family | Deer |
| Subfamilia | Alcinae | Unterfamilie | Elchhirsche | Subfamily | Moose deer |
| GENUS | Alces | Gattung | Elche | Genus | Moose |
| SPECIES | Alces alces | Art | Elch | Species | Moose (GB: Elk) |
If you are looking for the different sub-species - check in the section
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Habitat & Species"