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European Elk, or Moose, is distributed across Europe, Asia and North America. The numbers are increasing. The threats include habitat destruction and fragmentation caused by forestry and expansion of agriculture. Historically, an uncontrolled hunting was the main factor that caused numbers to decrease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25a0 Listed in Appendix III of the Bern Convention<\/strong> on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats as a protected fauna species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25a0 Phylum Chordata \u2013 chordates
\u25a0 Class Mammalia \u2013 mammals
\u25a0 Order Artiodactyla \u2013 even-toed ungulates
\u25a0 Family Cervidae \u2013 deer
\u25a0 Species Alces alces<\/em> \u2013 Eurasian Elk or Moose
\u25a0 Subspecies Alces alces alces<\/em> \u2013 European Elk or Moose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6078,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","inline_featured_image":false},"animal-category":[38,33],"animal-filter-1":[],"animal-filter-2":[],"class_list":["post-7987","animal","type-animal","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEuropean Elk - R\u012bga ZOO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/european-elk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European Elk - R\u012bga ZOO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"European Elk, or Moose, is distributed across Europe, Asia and North America. 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