Moose vs. Wapiti — What's the Difference?

The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (Alces alces), is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult male moose have distinctive broad, palmate ("open-hand shaped") antlers; most other members of the deer family have antlers with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration.

See elk.

A large deer (Alces alces) of northern North American and Eurasian forests, having a broad pendulous muzzle, humped shoulders, and large, palmate antlers in the male.

The American elk (Cervus canadensis). It was formerly considered to be in the same species as the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.

The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.

Any of the extinct moose-like deer of the genera Cervalces and Libralces.

Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers

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A large cervine mammal (Alces alces syn. Alces machlis, syn Alces Americanus), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many Zoologists is considered the same species. See Elk.

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A member of the fraternal organization named Loyal Order of Moose.

Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America