Alces

Alces alces, Losiny Ostrov National Park, Moscow, Russia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ruminantia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Cladus: Ferungulata Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Ruminantia

Familia: Cervidae
Subfamilia: Capreolinae
Genus: Alces
Species: A. alces – †A. carnutorum – †A. gallicus – †A. latifrons – †A. scotti

Name

Alces Gray, 1821

Type species: Cervus alces Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

• Alce Garsault, 1764: pl. 709
• Alce Frisch, 1775 (nom. inval.)
• Alcelaphus Gloger, 1841: 143
• Alces Gray, 1821: 307
• ?Cervalces Scott, 1885: 422
• Libralces Azzaroli, 1952
• Paralces Allen, 1902

References

Primary references

• Garsault, F.A.P. de 1764. Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en médecine, décrits dans la Matière Médicale de Mr. Geoffroy Médecin, dessinés d'après nature. Gravés par Mrs. Defehrt, Prevost, Duflos, Martinet &c. Niquet scrip. Vol. 5. pl. 644–729. Paris: Desprez. BHL. Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  
• Gloger, C.W.L. 1841 [1841–1842]. Gemeinnütziges Hand- und Hilfsbuch der Naturgeschichte. Für gebildete Leser aller Stände, besonders für die reifere Jugend und ihrer Lehrer. ― Breslau (Aug. Schulz & Comp.): III–XXVI, 1–495. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.13573 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Welter-Schultes, F.W. & Klug, R. 2009. Nomenclatural consequences resulting from the rediscovery of Les figures des plantes et animaux d’usage en médecine, a rare work published by Garsault in 1764, in the zoological literature. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66(3): 225–241. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v66i3.a1. Reference page. 
• Croitor, R. 2018. Plio-Pleistocene Deer of Western Palearctic: Taxonomy, Systematics, Phylogeny. Chișinău: Academy of Sciences of Moldova. 140pp. ISBN 978-9975-66-609-1. ResearchGate Reference page.  [pp. 39–48]

Links

• Alces in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

català: Ant
Deutsch: Elch
Ελληνικά: Άλκη
Esperanto: Alko
日本語: ヘラジカ属
中文: 駝鹿屬

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