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Elk

Alces alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Alces alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
Subspecies recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Alces alces alces
Subspecies recognized by NCBI and GBIF classification
Alces alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Alces alces alces
Subspecies recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, iNaturalist, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Alces alces alces
Recognized by Flickr Group and NMNH Collection
Alces alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
Subspecies recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Common Names

English

Elk preferred
Recognized by admin

Danish

Elg preferred
Recognized by admin
Elsdyr
prefer
Recognized by admin

Finnish

Hirvi preferred
Recognized by admin

German

Elch preferred
Recognized by admin

Polish

Łoś preferred
Recognized by admin

Russian

Лось preferred
Recognized by admin

Swedish

Älg preferred
Recognized by admin
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Curated hierarchies for Alces alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Ruminantia
Cervidae
Capreolinae
Alces Gray 1821
Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
Alces alces alces (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Alces alces caucasicus Vereshchagin 1955

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Artiodactyla Owen 1848
Cervidae Goldfuss 1820
Capreolinae Brookes 1828
Alces Gray 1821
Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
Alces alces alces (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Alces alces caucasicus Vereshchagin 1955

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Ruminantia
Cervidae
Capreolinae
Alces Gray 1821
Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
Alces alces alces (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Alces alces caucasicus Vereshchagin 1955

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Ruminantia
Cervidae
Capreolinae
Alces Gray 1821
Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
Alces alces alces (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Alces alces caucasicus Vereshchagin 1955

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Cervidae
Alces Gray 1821
Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
Alces alces alces (this page)
Alces alces caucasicus Vereshchagin 1955

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Artiodactyla Owen 1848
Cervidae Goldfuss 1820
Capreolinae Brookes 1828
Alces Gray 1821
Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
Alces alces alces (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Alces alces caucasicus Vereshchagin 1955

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Artiodactyla
Ruminantia
Pecora
Cervidae
Odocoileinae
Alces
Alces alces
Alces alces alces (this page)
Alces alces cameloides
Alces alces gigas
Alces alces pfitzmayeri
Alces alces shirasi

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Fereuungulata
Euungulata
Cetartiodactyla
Artiofabula
Cetruminantia
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia
Pecora
Cervoidea
Cervidae
Capreolinae
Capreolini
Alces
Alces alces
Alces alces alces (this page)
Alces alces americana
Alces alces andersoni
Alces alces caucasicus
Alces alces gigas
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