![]() The word "moose" first entered English by 1606 and is borrowed from the Algonquian languages (compare the Narragansett moos and Eastern Abenaki mos according to early sources, these were likely derived from moosu, meaning "he strips off"), and possibly involved forms from multiple languages mutually reinforcing one another. In the continental-European languages, these forms of the word "elk" almost always refer to the Alces alces. The British English word "elk" has cognates in other Indo-European languages, for example elg in Danish/ Norwegian älg in Swedish alnis in Latvian Elch in German and łoś in Polish ( Latin alcē or alcēs and Greek ἅλκη álkē are probably Germanic loanwords). The word "elk" originated from Proto-Germanic languages, from which Old English evolved. A mature male moose is called a bull, a mature female a cow, and an immature moose of either sex a calf. That same word "elk" in North American English refers to a completely different species of deer, the Cervus canadensis, also called the wapiti. Watch moose fight in a quiet alaska suburb national geographicĪlces alces is called a "moose" in North American English, but an "elk" in British English.Their mating season in the autumn features energetic fights between males competing for a female. Although generally slow-moving and sedentary, moose can become aggressive and move quickly if angered or startled. Unlike most other deer species, moose are solitary animals and do not form herds. ![]() The most common moose predators are the gray wolf along with bears and humans. Their diet consists of both terrestrial and aquatic vegetation. Currently, most moose are found in Canada, Alaska, New England, Fennoscandia, Latvia, Estonia and Russia. Moose have been reintroduced to some of their former habitats. Hunting and other human activities have caused a reduction in the size of the moose's range over time. Moose typically inhabit boreal forests and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests of the Northern Hemisphere in temperate to subarctic climates. ![]() Moose are distinguished by the broad, flat (or palmate) antlers of the males other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration. The moose ( North America) or elk (Eurasia), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family.
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