The moose (in north america) or elk (in eurasia) (alces alces) is a member of the new world deer subfamily and is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. most adult male moose have distinctive broad, palmate ("open-hand shaped") antlers; most other members of the deer family have antlers with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration. moose typically inhabit boreal forests and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests of the northern hemisphere in temperate to subarctic climates. hunting and other human activities have caused a reduction in the size of the moose's range over time. it has been reintroduced to some of its former habitats. currently, most moose occur in canada,...

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