page_title: List of mammals of Montana
section_title: Moose
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Montana / Large and medium sized mammals / Moose
caption_attribution_description: English: Closeup of Montana Moose
context_page_description: There are at least 19 large mammal and 96 small mammal species known to occur in Montana. Among Montana's mammals, three are listed as endangered or threatened and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks lists a number of species as species of concern.
  Species are listed by common name, scientific name, typical habitat and occurrence. Common and scientific names from R. S. Hoffman and D. L. Pattie, A Guide to Montana Mammals, 1968.
context_section_description: Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Cervidae
  Occurrence: Coniferous forests, lakes, slow streams, marshy areas
  The moose (North America) or common European elk (Europe), (Alces alces), is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a "twig-like" configuration. Moose typically inhabit boreal and mixed deciduous forests of the Northern Hemisphere in temperate to subarctic climates.
caption: A moose
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