Moose
Moose (Alces alces), the largest member of the deer family Cervidae (order Artiodactyla.
Moose are striking in appearance because of their towering size, black
colour, long legs, pendulous muzzle, and dangling hairy dewlap (called a bell) and the immense, wide, flat antlers of old bulls. The name moose is common in North America; it is derived from the word moosh (“stripper and eater of bark”) in the of the Montagnais (innu) Indians of Quebec, Canada. In Europe moose are called elk.
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