what is more than 1 moose called?
609901
The only correct plural of moose is moose. Sometimes, people add an S to moose, but that is incorrect. Moose derives from Algonquian, a Native American language. ... My favorite animals are mooses and octopuses.
964932
Moose are a native species to Michigan, but their numbers declined substantially during European settlement. By the late 1800s, moose had disappeared from the Lower Peninsula and only a handful remained in the Upper Peninsula.
126833
Moose is the largest of all deer and is easily identified from other deer not only by its size but by its huge palmate antlers. Elk is smaller and more slender, without the bulbous nose. But there is another view that Moose and Elk are same. The animal Alces alces is known as Moose in North America but Elk in Europe.
991939
In North America the moose is the largest member of the deer family. Four animals were introduced to Newfoundland (Howley) in 1904 from New Brunswick. In 1930 Newfoundland had its first hunting season for moose.
860234
Although, moose can be frequently encountered in the wild, as they are up here in Alaska, they are not at all common in zoos. In fact, when you consider all of the charismatic megafauna that are commonly displayed in captive wildlife facilities, the one species that is markedly absent is the moose.
1337081
Moose is the largest species of the deer family. It can be found all over Sweden except on Gotland and the outer islands. Sweden has a denser Moose population than any other country. Although hundreds of thousands of Moose inhabit Sweden they can still be difficult to see in the wild.
254202
Why is the plural of moose not meese? ... But even if the moose belonged to, say, the cat family, and thus typically had a plural different from its singular, we wouldn't use the plural "meese". This is because, unlike "goose", the word "moose" did not exist in early Anglo-Saxon times, so it couldn't undergo i-mutation.
447558
Vermont currently has an estimated 2,200 moose statewide, and we are looking to maintain moose densities in the Northeast Kingdom at current levels, while promoting growth of the herd elsewhere in the state.
113377
The Alaska-Yukon race (Alces alces gigas) is the largest of all of these creatures. Adult moose can range in size from 800 pounds (small adult female) to1,600 pounds (large adult male), and they can be up to almost 6 feet tall.
343902
The mainland moose, a symbol of Canada and its wilderness, has been added to a list of species that are in danger of becoming extinct in the province. ... The four species will be protected under the province's Endangered Species Act.
1326176
What's considered big game? ... In the United States, big game includes moose, elks, caribou, reindeer, musk oxen, deer, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, pronghorn, bears and peccaries (also known as javelinas, a type of wild boar).
816883
The moose is a herbivore and is capable of consuming many types of plant or fruit.
1169971
The moose (North America) or elk (Eurasia), Alces alces, is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. ... The most common moose predators are the gray wolf along with bears and humans.
613428
The word "moose," which means twig-eater, comes from the Algonquin people and reflects the fact that the animal, which can weigh as much as 1,600 pounds, subsists on a vegetarian diet. Like cattle, male moose are bulls while females are cows.
651790
Moose is the largest of all deer and is easily identified from other deer not only by its size but by its huge palmate antlers. Elk is smaller and more slender, without the bulbous nose.
1057931
Bison are the largest land mammal in North America – bigger than elk, moose, and grizzly bears! The male bison is called a bull.
1209360
All four of these animals are species of deer but among the four, the moose is the largest. The elk, caribou and reindeer are almost the same size. When it comes to the antlers, the moose is the most different since its antlers are flat and wide.