Niche of a Moose
The Niche of a Moose
Species: Moose
Physical Description: Moose are large brown animals that have a long face and large ears and enormous bodies with a slight hump on their backs. The males have a set of palmate antlers that fully develop when they enter adulthood. When they become adults they can reach up to 6.9 feet at the shoulder and weigh up to 1500 pounds. They are the largest animals in their family and the second largest animal in North America and Europe.
Habitat: Usually found in subarctic areas in North America that have a lot of forestry and plants available to eat and an available fresh water source.
Diet: Moose are herbivores and will eat up to 9770 calories from fruit and vegetation to maintain their body weight. Moose need to consume lots of aquatic plants and in the winters, they lick to salts of the road to keep up their salt levels. Moose prefer to eat deciduous trees and different pond plants, such as lilies.
Predators: There are few predators of the moose but a pack of wolves, brown bears, cougars, and killer whales (when the moose are swimming) are known to be predators of the moose. Humans are also a threat to moose, as we hunt them for their meat and fur and kill them while driving along highways.
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Alces
Species: Alces alces
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Species: Moose
Physical Description: Moose are large brown animals that have a long face and large ears and enormous bodies with a slight hump on their backs. The males have a set of palmate antlers that fully develop when they enter adulthood. When they become adults they can reach up to 6.9 feet at the shoulder and weigh up to 1500 pounds. They are the largest animals in their family and the second largest animal in North America and Europe.
Habitat: Usually found in subarctic areas in North America that have a lot of forestry and plants available to eat and an available fresh water source.
Diet: Moose are herbivores and will eat up to 9770 calories from fruit and vegetation to maintain their body weight. Moose need to consume lots of aquatic plants and in the winters, they lick to salts of the road to keep up their salt levels. Moose prefer to eat deciduous trees and different pond plants, such as lilies.
Predators: There are few predators of the moose but a pack of wolves, brown bears, cougars, and killer whales (when the moose are swimming) are known to be predators of the moose. Humans are also a threat to moose, as we hunt them for their meat and fur and kill them while driving along highways.
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Alces
Species: Alces alces
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