Caucasian moose
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| Caucasian moose | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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.
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]
Predators
Among its likely predators were the Anatolian or
Gir Forest) and the now-extinct Caspian tiger;[2] The Eurasian lynx, golden eagles and the Asiatic cheetah—now restricted to Iran
—all may have occasionally preyed on calves.
See also
- List of extinct animals of Europe
- Caucasian wisent
References
- ISBN 9780080488820.
- ^ a b c d Manaseryan, Nina; Gyonjyan2, Andranik. "THE CHANGE OF THE ANTHROPOGENE FAUNA OF ARMENIA". Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, Institute of Zoology, NAS of Republic of Armenia.
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External links
- Caucasian Moose – Extinct Archived 2011-04-22 at the Wayback Machine.
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