Editing Moose (section)

===Subspecies===
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| European elk
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| ''A. a. alces''
| [[Finland]], [[Sweden]], [[Norway]], [[Latvia]], [[Estonia]] and [[Russia]]. No longer present in central and western Europe except for [[Poland]], [[Lithuania]] and [[Belarus]], with a certain population in the [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]] and northern [[Ukraine]], including [[Bohemia]] since the 1970s; recently sighted in eastern [[Germany]] (the range formerly included [[France]], [[Switzerland]] and the Benelux nations). Population increasing and regaining territory. Males weigh about {{convert|320|to|475|kg|lb|0|sp=us|abbr=on}} and females weigh {{convert|275|to|375|kg|lb|0|sp=us|abbr=on}} in this mid-sized subspecies. Shoulder height ranges from {{convert|1.7|to|2.1|m|ftin|sp=us|abbr=on}}.<ref>Smith, A. T., Xie, Y., Hoffmann, R. S., Lunde, D., MacKinnon, J., Wilson, D. E., & Wozencraft, W. C. (Eds.). (2010). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ka-9f68nPT4C&q=moose A guide to the mammals of China]'' {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919071005/https://books.google.com/books?id=ka-9f68nPT4C&printsec=frontcover#v=snippet&q=moose&f=false |date=September 19, 2015 }}. Princeton University Press.</ref>
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| Yakutia, Mid-Siberian or Lena elk<ref name="bearcreekjournal">{{cite web |url=http://bearcreekjournal.com/mooseworld/asian-moose/ |title=Asian Moose |publisher=Bear Creek Journal |access-date=June 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130620053743/http://bearcreekjournal.com/mooseworld/asian-moose/ |archive-date=June 20, 2013 }}</ref>
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| ''A. a. pfizenmayeri''
| Eastern [[Siberia]], [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]]. Mostly found in the forests of eastern Russia. The most common elk subspecies in [[Asia]]. Its range goes from the [[Yenisei River]] in the west and most of [[Siberia]]. Its range excludes the ranges of the [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug|Chukotka]] and Ussuri elk to the east and northern [[Mongolia]]. Similar in size to the western moose of Canada and the United States.
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| Ussuri, Amur or Manchurian elk<ref name="bearcreekjournal" /><ref>Kevin Jackson, 2009, Moose, Reaktion Books</ref> 
| ''A. a. cameloides''
| Ranges from the [[Amur Oblast|Amur]]-[[Ussuri]] region of far eastern Russia, as well as the northeastern part of [[China]]. Ussuri elk are different from other elk subspecies in that their antler size is much smaller, or they lack antlers entirely. Even adult bulls' antlers are small and cervine, with little palmation. The smallest subspecies in both Eurasia and the world, with both males and females standing only {{convert|1.65|to|1.85|m|ftin|sp=us|abbr=on}} at the shoulder and weighing between {{convert|200|and|350|kg|lb|0|sp=us|abbr=on}}.<ref>Jackson, K. (2009). ''Moose''. Reaktion Books.</ref>
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| Chukotka or East Siberian elk<ref name="bearcreekjournal" />
| ''A. a. buturlini''
| Ranges from northeastern Siberia from the [[Alazeya River]] basin east to the [[Kolyma]] and [[Anadyrsky Liman|Anadyr]] basins and south through the [[Koryak Okrug|Koryak]] range and the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]]. The largest subspecies in Eurasia. Males can grow up to {{convert|2.15|m|ftin|sp=us|abbr=on}} tall and weigh between {{convert|500|and|725|kg|lb|0|sp=us|abbr=on}}; females are somewhat smaller.
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| [[Eastern moose]]
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| ''A. a. americana''
| Eastern Canada, including eastern [[Ontario]], all of [[Quebec]] and the [[Atlantic Provinces]] and the northeastern United States, including [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Vermont]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Connecticut]] and northern [[New York (state)|New York]] near the Adirondack Mountains. Population increasing. This is a fairly small-bodied subspecies, females weighing an average of {{cvt|270|kg|lb|0}}, males weighing an average of {{cvt|365|kg|lb}} and males standing up to approximately {{cvt|2|m|ft}} at the shoulder.
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| [[Western moose]]
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| ''A. a. andersoni''
| [[British Columbia]] to western [[Ontario]], the eastern [[Yukon]], the [[Northwest Territories]], southwestern [[Nunavut]], [[Michigan]] (the Upper Peninsula), northern [[Wisconsin]], northern [[Minnesota]] and northeastern [[North Dakota]]. A middle-sized subspecies that weighs {{cvt|340|to|420|kg|lb|0}} in adult females and {{cvt|450|to|500|kg|lb|0}} in adult males on average.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/moose.pdf |title= Moose in British Columbia |publisher= Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, British Columbia |access-date= August 18, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141222030944/http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/moose.pdf |archive-date= December 22, 2014 |url-status= live }}</ref>
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| [[Alaska moose|Alaskan moose]]
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| ''A. a. gigas''
| [[Alaska]] and the western [[Yukon]]. The largest subspecies in North America and the world and the largest living deer in the world; the largest one shot on record weighed {{convert|820|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}, and was {{convert|2.33|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall at the shoulder.<ref>Franzmann, A. W., LeResche, R. E., Rausch, R. A., & Oldemeyer, J. L. (1978). ''Alaskan moose measurements and weights and measurement-weight relationships''. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 56(2), 298-306.</ref>
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| Shiras' moose or Yellowstone moose
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| ''A. a. shirasi''
|[[Colorado]], [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], [[Oregon]], [[Utah]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Moose Status and Hunting in Washington By Dana L. Base, Associate Wildlife Biologist August 2004|access-date = December 7, 2009|url = http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/hunter/gametrails/2004/moose_status.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070621205514/http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/hunter/gametrails/2004/moose_status.htm |archive-date = June 21, 2007}}</ref> The smallest subspecies in North America, weighing about {{convert|230|to|344|kg|lb|0|sp=us|abbr=on}} at maturity.
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| † [[Caucasian moose|Caucasian elk]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qn1A9Y1OA2oC&q=Caucasian+elk&pg=PA14|title=Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals|last=Wrobel|first=Murray|date=November 18, 2006|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-08-048882-0|language=en}}</ref>
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| ''A. a. caucasicus''
| The [[Caucasus Mountains]]. Extinct due to habitat loss and overhunting. Its range would have included [[European Russia]], [[Armenia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Turkey]] and North and West [[Iran]]. 
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