Moose
Animal
The moose or elk is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only species in the genus Alces. It is also the tallest, and the second-largest, land animal in North America, falling short only of the American bison in... Wikipedia
Mass: 840 1,500 lbs (Male) and 440 1,100 lbs (Female)
Speed: 35 mph (Maximum, Adult, Running)
Height: 4.6 6.9 ft. (Adult, At Shoulder)
Gestation period: 243 days
Term for young: calf
Scientific name: Alces alces
Collective noun: herd
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