Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Artiodactyla > Family: Cervidae > Genus: Alces > Species: Alces alces

Elk - Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement
Most preferred habitats	wetlands woodland and forest
May also occur in	grassland heathland and shrub

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Cervidae)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Alce	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alce	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alce euroasiatico	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Älg	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alnis	Latvian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Briedis	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Élan	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Elan	Romanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Eland	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Elch	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Elch	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Elg	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Elg	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Elgur	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Elk	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Elsdyr	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hirvi	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Jávorszarvas	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Los	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Los	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Los	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Moose	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Põder	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
All species of Cervidae

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Alces alces	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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