'''''Alces alces'''''<ref>[[Binomen]] a [[Linnaeus|Linnaeo]] factum: ''Cervus alces''.</ref> {{victio|alces|is|m}} est sola generis ''AlcesAlcis''<ref>''Alces'' (ut [[nomen zoologicum]]) factum a [[Ioannes Eduardus Gray|Gray]], 1821 [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180702].</ref> [[species (taxinomia)|species]] et maxima [[familia (taxinomia)|familiae]] [[Cervidae|cervidarum]] species. ''Alces'' palmatis marium [[cornu|cornibus]] distinguuntur.<!--; other members of the family have antlers with a "twig-like" configuration.--> Ei usitate in borealibus et mixtis deciduisque [[Hemisphaerahemisphaerium Septentrionalisboreale|Hemisphaeraehemisphaerii Septentrionalisborealis]] ([[Eurasia]]e et [[America]]e) [[silva|silvis]] et [[clima]]tibus [[zona temperata|temperatis]] ad [[zona subarcticaarctica|subarcticas]] habitant.