Moose Subspecies

[south knot]

At the moment Moose are populated across 5 seperate maps across North America and Eurasia, but unfortunatly they all resemble each other when there could have easily been 4 to 5 seperate subspecies, and I would like to think it is still possible to pull off without affecting the Great Ones too much

• On Layton Lakes the Shiras Moose would have been the local subspecies
• Over in Medved Taiga either the European or the Yakutian Moose could have easily worked
• Yukon Valley could have been home to the gigantic Alaskan Moose
• Revontouli Coast would have European Moose
• Meanwhile New England Mountains would have the Eastern Moose

A Summary of Each Subspecies alongside Pictures

Shiras Moose (Alces alces shirasi)

• Reserve: Layton Lakes
  The Shiras Moose is a species of the North American moose family. It is the smallest moose in North America
  They can weigh up to 800 pounds. Their antlers, which have a spread of around 4.5 feet, are smaller than those of their relatives. The Shiras moose has a thick coat of dark brown fur and a light-colored bell that hangs from its throat. They can adapt to different habitats, ranging from densely forested mountains to riparian zones, and feed on various vegetation, including willows, aspens, and water lilies.

European Moose (Alces alces alces)

• Reserves: Medved Taiga? and Revontouli Coast
• Could be either a Revontouli exclusive or be also found on Medved
  A subspecies once found as far as France, the last large populations exist in Scandinavia, the Baltics and Russia. This subspecies is known for having cervine antlers, which differ from the palmette antlers usually seen in moose.
  Males weigh about 320 to 475 kg (705 to 1,047 lb) and females weigh 275 to 375 kg (606 to 827 lb) in this mid-sized subspecies. Shoulder height ranges from 1.7 to 2.1 m (5 ft 7 in to 6 ft 11 in)

Featured Image: Palmate and Cervine Antlers (Second Picture)
Stylized drawing of typical palmate (top row), intermediate (centre), and cervina (bottom row) antlers on young (left) and middle-aged (centre) bulls, and on bulls at their prime breeding age (right)

Yakutian Moose (Alces alces pfizenmayeri) + Map of Eurasian Moose Subspecies

• Reserves: Medved Taiga
• If chosen for Medved, this will make the European subspecies a Revontouli Exclusive
  The most common moose subspecies in Asia. Its range goes from the Yenisei River in the west and most of Siberia. They are similar in size to the Western Moose of North America with weights of 340 to 420 kg (750 to 926 lb) in adult females and 450 to 500 kg (992 to 1,102 lb) in adult males on average

Alaskan Moose (Alces alces gigas)

• Reserve: Yukon Valley
  The Alaskan Moose or Yukon Moose is the largest subspecies of moose found in Alaska and Western Yukon. For one, they have an average shoulder height of 6 to 7 feet; adult moose weigh between 1,200 and 1,600 pounds. Their antlers span up to 6 feet, making them look even more formidable. the largest one shot on record weighed 820 kg (1,808 lb), and was 2.33 m (7.6 ft) tall at the shoulder.

Eastern Moose (Alces alces americana)

• Reserve: New England Mountains
  This is a fairly small-bodied subspecies, females weighing an average of 270 kg (595 lb), males weighing an average of 365 kg (805 lb) and males standing up to approximately 2 m (6.6 ft) at the shoulder. A highly prized game animal in New England, Quebec and the Canadian Maritimes

[cursive edge]

Minus the Shiras Moose, even just having the name of the Moose Subspecies would be nice. Shiras moose are simply too distant in size from all other moose subspecies that they’d likely need a completely different model.

[stone zephyr]

https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1221733893678436362

[restive rampart]

You also could add Western Moose on here for Askiy Ridge.

[cursive edge]

Weirdly enough Askiy would likely be split with subspecies. The lower plains would be likely to have Shiras Moose while the northern forests would be Western Moose.

[south knot]

Shiras Moose are not that widespread here and are more numerous in Southeastern British Columbia, the Western Moose is the most widespread subspecies in Canada

[cursive edge]

Yes but Shiras Moose (at least according to most range maps I’ve seen) range into parts of South and Southwest Alberta, but I do agree that if 1 subspecies had to be chosen it should be the Western Moose. Shiras on Layton would be good enough.

[outer flint]

If they are able to do this without messing up the g1 moose id love it

[late warren]

I'm gonna be real I think the G1 Moose needs like 2 more antler types