Western moose

Western moose
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Capreolinae
Genus: Alces
Species:
Subspecies:
A. a. andersoni
Trinomial name
Alces alces andersoni
Peterson, 1952[1]

The Western moose[2] (Alces alces andersoni) is a subspecies of moose that inhabits boreal forests and mixed deciduous forests in the Canadian Arctic, western Canadian provinces and a few western sections of the northern United States and it was introduced to New Zealand. It is the second largest North American subspecies of moose, second to the Alaskan moose. This subspecies is prey to timber wolves and bears. Male Western moose are aggressive during mating season (autumn and winter) and may injure or kill with provocation.

  1. ^ Albert W. Franzmann (1981-05-08). "Alces alces" (PDF). Mammalian Species (154): 1–7. doi:10.2307/3503876. JSTOR 3503876. S2CID 253963283. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
  2. ^ Canadian Wildlife Service (1950). "Mammals". Wildlife Management Bulletin. 1 (1–11): 7.