The largest member of the deer family, the moose (Alces alces) can weigh more than 1000 pounds. It is 7 to 10 feet long and stands 5 to 6 1/2 feet high at the shoulder. Once nearly vanished from the United States, it can now be seen in the boreal forests of New England, the Great Lakes area, the northern Rockies, and Canada. It has a dark brown or reddish-brown coat with lighter legs and underparts. Males shed their massive, flattened, pronged antlers in the winter and grow them anew in spring. Moose eat many kinds of vegetation including aquatic plants in the summer; woody plants, twigs, bark, and saplings in winter.

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