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second instance, these animals are always ready 

 to copulate at all seasons. 



Inhabit both continents, and all latitudes. 



Species. 



1. Cervus alces, Linn. Erxleb. Mces^ achlis, 

 Plin. Aldr. Alces^ Gesn. Johnst. Elant^ Perrault, 

 Hist, dqj^nim. 1. tab. 25. Original^ Charlevoix. 

 Nouv. Fr. 3. p. 126. Moose Deer, Dudley, Phil. 

 Trans. No. 368. p. 155. Dale, Phil. Trans. No. 

 444. Warden, Descr. des Etats Unis, vol. v. p. 

 636. Elan, Buff. Hist. Nat. torn. 7. pi. 80. Elk, 

 Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. ii. part 2. pi. 174 et 175. 

 Cervus alee, Bodd. (Encycl. pi. 57. fig. 2.) 



Moose Deer. 



Char. Essent. Horns consisting of a simple 

 and very large flattened expansion, (empaumure) 

 furnished with numerous prongs on its external 

 border, with a large, isolated branch on the trunk 

 or principal stock ; no muzzle, (or naked part at 

 the extremity of the nose ;) snout swollen and car- 

 tilaginous ; no canines in the males ; tail exces- 

 sively short. 



Dimensions. Total length, from the tip of the 

 nose to the base of the tail, six feet ten inches ; 

 height before, five feet two inches six lines; height 

 behind, five feet four inches ten lines ; length of 

 the head, one foot eleven inches ; of the ears, ten 

 inches ; of the horns, three feet one inch ; breadth 

 between the two horns at their summit, three feet 



