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bull moose comparison table

Subject	chew	have Order name	is a kind of	have scientific name	weigh	eat	grow	have parasites	has part	have colour	have picture	have population	shed	eat by	dive
male mammal			mammal
moose	its cud	Order Artiodactyla	deer	alces alces	up to 600 kg	twigs, shrubs, tree bark in the winter; twigs, leaves, shrubs, upland plants, and water plants in the summer		ticks, hydatids, meningeal worms		dark brown, almost black, to reddish or greyish brown, with grey or white leg stockings		between 500,000 and 1,000,000 in Canada		wolf, cougar, wolverine, black bear, grizzly bear, human	up to 5.5 m under water
bull moose	its cud	Order Artiodactyla	moose	alces alces	up to 600 kg	twigs, shrubs, tree bark in the winter; twigs, leaves, shrubs, upland plants, and water plants in the summer	antlers every spring	ticks, hydatids, meningeal worms	antlers	dark brown, almost black, to reddish or greyish brown, with grey or white leg stockings		between 500,000 and 1,000,000 in Canada	antlers every fall	wolf, cougar, wolverine, black bear, grizzly bear, human	up to 5.5 m under water

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