Alces

Summary

Alces is a taxon^[1]. Alces ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #1,427 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alces's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Alces is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Alces is classified within Capreolini^[5].
• Alces belongs to the parent taxon Alceini^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Alces is Alces^[7].
• Alces is a type of large game^[8].
• Alces's Commons category is recorded as Alces^[9].
• The taxonomic type of Alces is Cervus alces^[10].
• Alces's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alces^[11].
• Alces's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Alces's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• Alces's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[14].
• Alces is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elk'}^[15].
• Alces is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Elch'}^[16].
• Alces is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Ant'}^[17].
• Alces is commonly known as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Άλκη'}^[18].
• Alces is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Moose'}^[19].
• Alces is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Alko'}^[20].
• Alces is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '駝鹿屬'}^[21].
• Alces's different from is recorded as Alces^[22].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Alces is Alces^[7]. Alces is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Capreolini^[5] and Alceini^[6]. The taxonomic type of Alces is Cervus alces^[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elk'}^[15], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Elch'}^[16], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Ant'}^[17], {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Άλκη'}^[18], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Moose'}^[19], and {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Alko'}^[20].

Identifiers

Alces's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42196^[23]. Alces's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9851^[24]. Alces's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42400^[25]. Alces's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7816758^[26]. Alces's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180702^[27].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Alces include Älgarna-Härnösand IF^[28], an association football club^[29], in Sweden^[30], founded in 1919^[31], headquartered in Härnösand^[32].

Why It Matters

Alces ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #1,427 of 195,241).^[2] Alces has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Alces is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Alces include Älgarna-Härnösand IF^[28], an association football club^[29], in Sweden^[30], founded in 1919^[31], headquartered in Härnösand^[32].