Bejasus
Well-Known Member
Re: Err sorry Moose, but your wrong
North American elk are divided into six subspecies of the red deer (Cervus elaphus). It would probably be better to call these ecotypes, rather than subspecies, because their differences are due largely to what and how much they eat.
North American Elk, or Wapiti, are considered by some to be an exotic animal.
New Zeeland Wapiti
Finnish Moose
The animal Alces alces, called the Moose in North America and the Elk in Europe (see also elk for other animals called elk) is the largest of all the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from other members of the Cervidae by the form of the antlers of the males. These arise as cylindrical beams projecting on each side at right angles to the middle line of the skull, which after a short distance divide in a fork-like manner. The lower prong of this fork may be either simple, or divided into two or three tines, with some flattening.
Not quite sure who has this wrong, but Americans call an Elk an elk and a Moose a Moose, it's Europeans who I think confuse the issue by calling the same thing by both names. Better IMHO to educate Americans into calling their Elk a Red Deer, which indeed it is.
I agree that our Moose's tracks are indeed travelling in the correct direction, just in a bit of a drunken gait./forums/images/icons/laugh.gif
(I have also tracked both of these in the US)George
<hr width=100% size=1>
North American elk are divided into six subspecies of the red deer (Cervus elaphus). It would probably be better to call these ecotypes, rather than subspecies, because their differences are due largely to what and how much they eat.
North American Elk, or Wapiti, are considered by some to be an exotic animal.
New Zeeland Wapiti
Finnish Moose
The animal Alces alces, called the Moose in North America and the Elk in Europe (see also elk for other animals called elk) is the largest of all the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from other members of the Cervidae by the form of the antlers of the males. These arise as cylindrical beams projecting on each side at right angles to the middle line of the skull, which after a short distance divide in a fork-like manner. The lower prong of this fork may be either simple, or divided into two or three tines, with some flattening.
Not quite sure who has this wrong, but Americans call an Elk an elk and a Moose a Moose, it's Europeans who I think confuse the issue by calling the same thing by both names. Better IMHO to educate Americans into calling their Elk a Red Deer, which indeed it is.
I agree that our Moose's tracks are indeed travelling in the correct direction, just in a bit of a drunken gait./forums/images/icons/laugh.gif
(I have also tracked both of these in the US)George
<hr width=100% size=1>
