Caucasian moose
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| Caucasian moose | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Genus: | Alces |
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| Subspecies: | †A. a. caucasicus
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Alces alces caucasicus (Weretschagin, 1955)
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The Caucasian moose, also known as the Caucasian elk[1][2] (Alces alces caucasicus) is an extinct subspecies of moose found in the Caucasus Mountains of Eastern Europe and Asia Minor, in modern-day European Russia, Armenia,[2] Azerbaijan, Georgia, and eastern Turkey.[citation needed]
Extinction[]
The subspecies was quite common until the mid-19th century, when populations began to decrease due to overhunting. It became extinct sometime in the beginning of the 20th century.[2][failed verification]
Predators[]
Among its predators were Asiatic lions, Persian leopards, Asiatic cheetahs, brown bears, steppe wolves and the Caspian tiger.[2][failed verification] Eurasian lynxes may have preyed on calves.[citation needed]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Wrobel, Murray (2006-11-18). Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals. Elsevier. ISBN 9780080488820.
- ^ a b c d Manaseryan, Nina; Gyonjyan2, Andranik. "THE CHANGE OF THE ANTHROPOGENE FAUNA OF ARMENIA" (PDF). Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, Institute of Zoology, NAS of Republic of Armenia.
External links[]
- Caucasian Moose – Extinct Archived 2011-04-22 at the Wayback Machine.
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