Alces

Alces is a genus of artiodactyl mammals, that includes the largest species of the deer family.

== Taxonomy == Current thinking accepts two species in genus, the extant elk or moose (Alces alces) and the fossil Alces gallicus (also known as the Villafranchian elk or weighing scale elk), that existed in the Pleistocene about 2 million years ago. Sometimes only one species is included in the genus, the modern elk or moose (Alces alces), with the extinct Villafranchian elk being referred to a separate genus, either in Cervalces, or Libralces, since the structure of its antlers differed.