Alces

Summary

Alces is a taxon^[1]. Alces ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (204 views/month, #1,427 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alces's image is recorded as Moose superior.jpg^[3].
• Alces's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Alces's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Alces's parent taxon is recorded as Capreolini^[6].
• Alces's parent taxon is recorded as Alceini^[7].
• Alces's taxon range map image is recorded as Moose distribution.png^[8].
• Alces's taxon name is recorded as Alces^[9].
• Alces's subclass of is recorded as large game^[10].
• Alces's Commons category is recorded as Alces^[11].
• Alces's taxonomic type is recorded as Cervus alces^[12].
• Alces's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9851^[13].
• Alces's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph717513^[14].
• Alces's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180702^[15].
• Alces's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42400^[16].
• Alces's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 42653^[17].
• Alces's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7816758^[18].
• Alces's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alces^[19].
• Alces's MSW ID is recorded as 14200207^[20].
• Alces's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300310444^[21].
• Alces's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Alces's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Alces's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[24].
• Alces's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as 9CCF4BE6-84A2-4A4D-BA04-4288086251FB^[25].
• Alces's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elk'}^[26].
• Alces's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Elch'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

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 (204 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].