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Scientific Name
Alces alces
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (BICA)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassMammalia
SubclassTheria
InfraclassEutheria
OrderArtiodactyla
FamilyCervidae
SubfamilyCapreolinae
GenusAlces
SpeciesAlces alces
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
See Keinath 2005, Supplementary mammal inventory of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.; Data Source: Doug Keinath - Lead Zoologist - Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
Nativeness
Non-native
Nativeness Notes
Moose did not likely occur in Wyoming until CA 1870 (among others, see Dorn 1986). Furthermore, they were deliberately introduced to the Bighorn Mountains by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in the 1940s. Thus, any moose ranging through BICA should be considered non-native.; Data Source: Doug Keinath - Lead Zoologist - Wyoming Natural Diversity Database Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Cultivation value was Persistent with comment: Data Source: Doug Keinath - Lead Zoologist - Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
Abundance
Occasional
Abundance Notes
There is minimal suitable habitat in BICA. For such a large, charismatic animal, there have been very few sightings over the last decade. See Keinath 2005, Supplementary mammal inventory of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.; Data Source: Doug Keinath - Lead Zoologist - Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
Seasonality Tags
  • Vagrant
    Data Source: Doug Keinath - Lead Zoologist - Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
5
References
1
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
BCI
Created Date
3/22/2002 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Rob Daley, GRYN Data Manager
Last Modified Date
5/4/2006 12:00:00 AM
Notes
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