They are 2 distinct species, but the naming happened before that was determined. They are very similar.
They are 2 distinct species, but the naming happened before that was determined. They are very similar.
Apparently they're both the same species Alces alces
Yes the names would predate the science but I think I might have thought a moose more like a horse if I wasn't a terribly sophisticated observer (you know, the kind that is taught things in school and doesn't really question it)