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Just to be absolutely clear. Alces alces is called moose in the Western Hemisphere and elk (in English) in the Eastern one (for instance, look at the pictures of elk in this BBC article on the Kostroma Elk farm in Russia). The different species, Cervus canadensis, called elk or wapiti in Canada and the USA. They are similar to the red deer, Cervus elaphus, of Europe. More to the words end of things: Latin alces 'elk' is cognate with Old English eolh, German Elch, Russian лось (los').
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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