ELK OR MOOSE 97 
9 inches at the shoulder in Scandinavian examples to as much as 6 feet 
9 inches in the Alaskan race; the weight from 900 to 1600 lbs., that 
of the antlers being from about 60 lbs. to 100 lbs. The antlers of 
American elk are more expanded and carry more points than European 
specimens. 
Elk inhabit the forests and marshy districts of Scandinavia, 
Eastern and Northern Russia, and the Altai; and in America (where 
they are invariably known as moose) at the present time are found 
in Alaska, Montana, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. In some 
localities Scandinavian elk not unfrequently show little or no palma- 
tion of the antlers, and thus approximate to the East Siberian form. 
Elk appear to be nearly related to roebuck. 
A.—AMERICAN and ALASKAN ELK 
(A. machlis americanus and A. m. gigas). 
OWNER’S MEASUREMENTS. 
Circum- 
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1784 Le ae ee teh #e Yukon . . Field Museum, Chicago. 
2774 me ree 7 =o lg? Alaska . . “Pr Niedieck. 
7s 414 TOs © ea 212 23+19 +&# Do. ; . American National Collec- 
tion (Reed Collection). 
75 Ps an ee Ve be. ? Canadian Pacific Collection. 
743 es ase ie ae Ke Alaska . . Chicago Academy of Science. 
74 a ae * A See Do. : . American Museum of Natural 
History. 
73 Ae 23. -24+14 Do.) a3 . C.F. Periolot. 
714 49 835; 16 20+20 Do. : . Sir Edmund G Loder, Bart. 
714 48 9h 17? 18+ 16 ? American National Collec- 
tion. 
714 48 gt 172 18+16 Alaska . = Do, 
® 694 Se 26 13s Do . H.C. Thompson. 
69 55 iene 937 21 21 ID yoy . F. B. Tolhurst. 
69 48 fe) 15 32 Don |". . Dall De Weese. 
684 41z Joi 16 17 New Brunswick Dr. Munro, 
67 454 8t 454 32 18+11 Alaska . eben Colioy 
67 an Fe Ms Me 23 Do. ; . J. H. Whitehouse. 
66 384 os 644 14 28 New Brunswick S. Decatur. 
644 474 8$ 454 154 31 ? Grahamstown Museum. 
622 44 9 41 18 20+12 New Brunswick N. T. de Pauw. 
614 44 spt ss st A Canada . . The late Gen. L. Dashwood. 
61 38 LE hay 50 14 26 New Brunswick J. Bodkin. 
60 a: find me fie ote Cassiar . . Count C. Hoyos. 
60 iS Set a re Bh Do. ‘ . Ph. Oberlinder. 
594 ee i a3 is 24 Quebec. = Ha Calby. 
58¥ 44 9 nee + 15+15 New Brunswick Kenneth Crossley. 
57 35 831 IO}* TI-+IVY Quebec . - Major G. R. Poole. 
56 464 82 29 I3 104-9 Do. ; . A. W. Wilson. 
1 Skull and antlers weighed gx lbs. 2 Weight of antlers and skull, 943 lbs. 
® Height at shoulder, 6 ft. 8 in.?; skull and antlers, 68 Ibs. ; estimated weight, 1700 lbs. 
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