Elk

The boundary between these species runs approximately across Siberia, the main boundary is the Yenisei River. American moose are very variable in size, the largest of them with the most powerful horns belong to the Alaskan subspecies A. a. gigas and to the East Siberian A. a. pfizenmayeri; the smallest elk with deer-like antlers belongs to the Ussuri subspecies of A. a. cameloides.

Male body length up to 3 m, neck height up to 2.3 m, tail length 12-13 cm; weight 360-600 kg, females smaller than males. In appearance, the elk is noticeable from other deer. The torso and neck in this short film, the neck is high, in the form of a hump. The legs are strongly pushed, so to write, moose are forced to go deep into the water or put on the knees of the front legs. The head is large, humpback, with overhanging flesh of the upper lip. Under the throat of the soft skin (so-called "earring"), which reaches 25-40 cm. The coat is coarse, brownish-black; legs light gray, almost white. There are also people with completely white fur, because they are not albino. There are no more than 100 white moose in the wild [3].