THE MOOSE OR FLAT-HORNED ELK 
the heaviest was 1,009 lb., without blood and entrails, which would surely 
have weighed 250 to 300 lb.” 
A moose killed in Maine and weighed by Mr Miller in September, 1892, 
weighed 1,123 lb. when dressed, which would mean a live weight of about 
1,4001b. 
Mr Andrew Stone, who has made a careful study of the moose, thinks 
that no wild animal in America grows so rapidly as this animal. A calf 
of one week old measured 37 inches in length, whilst another killed on 
October 30 — that is, five months old — measured 88 inches. Thus a calf 
grows 41 inches in the period of five months. The rapidity of growth seems 
to decrease soon after the calf leaves its mother. 
Speaking of the weights of moose, he considers that the four quarters 
of a moose weigh 350 to 400 lb.; whilst he knew of a “ fat bull killed near 
Fort Norman on the Mackenzie whose four quarters weighed 700 lb.” 
He believes that moose reach maturity at six years (as with other deer), 
whilst the age to which they live must be pure conjecture. 
I have for some years made a special study of the large deer and have 
in preparation a monograph of the species in which I recognize the typical 
race and its sub -specific races, which are as follows: 
EUROPEAN RACES 
Scandinavian Race. Alces machlis typicus (Lin., “ Syst. Nat.,” ed. 12, Vol. I, 
p. 92. 1766). Hab., Scandinavia and Finland. Colour, grey with white legs. 
Southern Race. Alces machlis germanicus (sub-spec. nov.). Hab., East 
Prussia and the marshes of Pinsk, Poland. Colour, brown and black with 
grey legs. The horns of the Poland specimens are much finer than those 
of Northern Europe. 
Russian Race. Alces machlis niger (sub-spec. nov.). Hab., European Russia 
and the forest regions of the Yenesei, possibly extending further to the 
East. Colour, nearly black with grey legs. 
ASIATIC RACES 
Siberian Race. Alces machlis bedfordice (Lydekker, “Proc.” Zoo. Soc., 
Feb. 18, 1902). Hab., Central Siberia. With simple bifurcated antlers, 
similar to elk found in the high plateaux of Norway. The elk of the Altai 
frequently carry palmated horns similar to European examples, so it is 
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