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Caucasian Moose
Caucasian Moose illustration
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Family Cervidae
Genus Alces
Species A. alces
Conservation Status
EXSpecies
Extinct

The Caucasian Moose (Alces alces caucasicus) is an extinct subspecies of moose that lived in the Caucasus Mountains of Eastern Europe and Asia Minor.

The Caucasian Moose became extinct in the mid-19th century due to over-hunting and habitat loss.

The Caspian Tiger preyed on the Caucasian Moose.

Description[]

It was a small moose similar to Alces alces cameloides. The head length was 53-54 centimeters.

The subspecies was quite common until the mid-19th century, when populations began to decrease due to over-hunting.

Among its predators were the Asiatic lion (until the 10th century), Syrian brown bears, Steppe wolves, Persian leopards and the Caspian tiger.

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