Alces alces (ungulate)

Mass: 421 kg based on Clauss et al. 2008 and Solberg et al. 2008

Diet: herbivore based on Van Ballenberghe and Peek 1971

Abundance: 0.03 to 28.98% (median 1.24%)

Latitudinal range: 40.8° to 68.8°

Habitats: (24), boreal forest/taiga (6), desert/xeric shrubland (1), montane grassland (3), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (6), temperate savanna (1), tundra (1)

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Found in 42 samples

Canada: Canadian National Railway (spring), Canadian National Railway (summer), Canadian National Railway (fall), Canadian National Railway (winter), Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV) (Holocene), Keffer (Midden 57, screened) (Holocene), DjPp-8 (level A) (Holocene), DjPp-8 (level B) (Holocene), Grassy Bay (Holocene), Irving-Johnston (Holocene), Spillsbury Bay (Holocene), Winefred Lake, EMEND site (retention level 100%, replicate 1), EMEND site (retention level 100%, replicate 2), EMEND site (retention level 100%, replicate 3), St. Brieux (winter 2011), St. Brieux (spring 2012), Algar

China: Kanas National Nature Reserve

Denmark: Mullerup (bone tools) (Holocene), Mullerup (waste) (Holocene)

Italy: Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 11.2) (Late Pleistocene), Riparo Biarzo (SU 4 + 3B) (Holocene)

Poland: Borsuka Cave (Layer VI) (Late Pleistocene), Raj Cave (layer 6) (Late Pleistocene)

Russia: Geographical Society Cave (Late Pleistocene), Gornovo (Late Pleistocene), Sagan-Zaba II (Layer 3A) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 2) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 3) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 4) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 5) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 6) (Holocene), Khayrgas Cave - Layer 4 (1998-1999 pit) (Holocene)

United States: North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River, Dalton Highway, Itasca Bison Site (Holocene), Jack Wade (Late Pleistocene), Molybdenum Ridge (triggered detections), Molybdenum Ridge (time-lapse detections), Black Rapids Training Area (triggered detections), Nugget Canyon

Size measurements:
body mass179700 kgN = 6Clauss et al. 2008
♀ body mass373000 kgN = 108Solberg et al. 2008
♂ body mass482000 kgN = 134Solberg et al. 2008

See also Alces