Moose

Alces americanus

Insufficient data

overall probability at Gros Morne National Park

1 Verified records at Gros Morne National Park

🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The moose (pl.: moose; used in North America) or elk (pl.: elk or elks; used in Eurasia) (Alces alces) is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only extant species in the genus Alces. It is also the tallest, and the second-largest, land animal in North America, falling short only to the American bison in body mass. Most adult male moose have broad, palmate ("open-hand shaped") antlers; other members of the deer family have pointed antlers with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration. Moose inhabit the circumpolar boreal forests or temperate broadleaf and mixed forests of the Northern Hemisphere, thriving in cooler, temperate areas as well as subarctic climates. Hunting shaped the relationship between moose and humans, both in Eurasia and North America. Prior to the early modern period (around 1600–1700), moose were one of many valuable sources of sustenance for certain North American Indians. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Gros Morne National Park

Alces alces

50–60% · Likely

VU Endemic

Rangifer tarandus

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Moose at Gros Morne National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
2	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
3	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
4	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
5	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
6	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
7	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
8	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
9	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
10	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5–10%
11	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	5–10%
12	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
13	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
14	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
15	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
16	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
17	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
18	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

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