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Elk 



i. The Elk, or Moose — Alces machlis 



Cervus alces, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 92 (1766); Caton, 

 Antelope an J Deer of America, p. 69 (1877) ; Nehring, Tundren and Steppe '//, 

 p. 107 (1890); Nitsche, Zoo/. Anzeiger, vol. xiv. p. 181 (1891). 



Cervus alee, Boddaert, Elenc/ius Animalium, p. 135 (1785). 



Cervus corona tus, Lesson, Man. Mammalogie, p. 356 (1827). 



Cervus (Alee) alees, H. Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. 

 p. 72, v. p. 303 (1827). 



Cervus (Alee) corona tus, H. Smith, I.e. pp. 95 and 304. 



Alces americanus, Jardine, Naturalist's Library — Mamm. vol. iii. p. 125 

 (1835) ; Merrick, Mammals of Minnesota, p. 270 (1892). 



Alcelaphus alee, Gloger, Handbucli Naturgeschichte, p. 143 (1841). 



Alees machlis, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1836; Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1878, p. 916; Lydekker, Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus. part ii. p. 78 

 (1885) ; Greve, Zool. Garten, vol. xxxv. p. 267 (1895) ; Ward, Records of 

 Big Game, p. 50 (1896). 



Alces palmatus, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 182 (1843) ; Blasius, 

 Saugeth. Deutschl. p. 434 (1857). 



Alces (Cervus) alces, Sundevall, K. Svensk. Vet. Ak. Handl. for 1844, p. 176 

 (1846). 



Cervus lobatus, Agassiz, Proc. Boston Soc. vol. ii. p. 188 (1846). 



Alces malchis, Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 56 (1850), Cat. Ungulata 

 British Museum, p. 187 (1852), Cat. Ruminants British Museum, p. 66 (1872). 



Alces tnusava, Richardson, Zool. of Herald. — Mamm. p. 101 (1852). 



Alces jubata, Fitzinger, Naturges. Scii/gethiere, vol. iv. p. 86 (1864), 

 SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxix. part i. p. 521 (1874). 



Alee alces, Gilpin, Mamm. Nova Scotia, p. 1 19 (1871). 



Alces lobata, Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxviii. part i. p. 348 

 (1873), lxix. part i. p. 528 (1874). 



Alces lobata coronata, Fitzinger, op. cit. lxix. p. 528 (1874). 



Alee americanus, Merriam, Mammals of the Adirondacks, p. 138 (1884) ; 

 Miller, Proc. Boston Soc. vol. xxviii. p. 40 (1897). 



Plate 11 



Characters. — The type species. Largest of living deer, the height at 



