Alces latifrons Johnson, 1874

Broad-fronted moose

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Cervalces latifrons Johnson, 1874

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene-Holocene border

Distribution

Europe

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Johnson, Randall. (1874). Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, and Geology Series 4, vol. 13.

Other references:

Breda, Marzia; Pini, Roberta; Ravazzi, Cesare (2005). "The palaeoenvironment of Cervalces latifrons (Johnson, 1874) from Fornaci di Ranica (late Early Pleistocene, Northern Italy)". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 216 (1-2): 99-118.

Croitor, Roman. (2018). Plio-pleistocene deer of western paleartic: Taxonomy, Systematics, Phylogeny. Chişinău: Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. 140 pp.

Jęcz, Witold and Marciszak, Adrian. (2021). Uncertain taxonomical position of Vulpes cf. praeglacialis (Kormos, 1932) from lowermost layers of Biśnik Cave, p. 43. In: Ratajczak-Skrzatek U., Kovalchuk O., Stefaniak K. (eds.). Proceedings of INQUA SEQS 2021 Conference, Wrocław, Poland. University of Wrocław & Polish Geological Society. 119 pp.

Koenigswald, W. von and Menger, F. (1997). Mögliches Auftreten von Trogontherium cuvieri und Alces latifrons im letzten Interglazial der nördlichen Oberrheinebene. Cranium 14(1): 2-10.

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

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