Alceini
| Alceini | |
|---|---|
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| Alces alces | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Tribe: | Alceini |
| Genera | |
Alceini is a tribe of deer, containing the extant genus Alces and the extinct genera Cervalces and Libralces. The only extant species in this tribe is the moose.[1][2][3]
Genera and species
[edit]- Extant genera
- Extinct genera
References
[edit]- ↑ Breda, M., Marchetti, M., 2005. Systematical and biochronological review of Plio-Pleistocene Alceini (Cervidae; Mammalia) from Eurasia. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 24, 775–805.
- ↑ Heintz, E., Poplin, F., 1981. Alces carnutorum (Laugel, 1862) du Pleistocene de Saint-Prest (France). Systematique et evolution des Alcines (Cervidae, Mammalia). Quartarpalaontologie 4, 105–122.
- ↑ Kahlke, H.D., 1990. On the evolution, distribution and taxonomy of fossil Elk/Moose. Quartarpalaontologie 8, 83–106.
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