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Elk

Alces alces

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Gros Morne National Park
92 Verified records at Gros Morne National Park
September Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 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 →

50–60% of wildlife watchers report a Elk sighting in Gros Morne National Park, based on 92 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Gros Morne National Park

Moose

Moose

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Alces americanus

Insufficient data
Caribou
VU Endemic

Caribou

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Rangifer tarandus

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
10–20
Feb
30–40
Mar
40–50
Apr
50–60
May
40–50
Jun
50–60
Jul
50–60
Aug
50–60
Sep
50–60
Oct
50–60
Nov
20–30
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

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

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
80–90%
2 Nahanni National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
70–80%
3 Isle Royale National Park 🇺🇸 United States
70–80%
4 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
60–70%
5 Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United States
60–70%
6 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
60–70%
7 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
50–60%
8 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
50–60%
9 Gates of the Arctic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
50–60%
10 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
50–60%
11 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
50–60%
12 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
13 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
14 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
40–50%
15 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
30–40%
16 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
17 Elk Island National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
18 Wood Buffalo National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
19 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
20 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
20–30%
21 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
22 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
23 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
24 Gauja National Park 🇱🇻 Latvia
Insufficient data
25 Voyageurs National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Elk in Gros Morne National Park?

About 52% of wildlife watchers report a Elk sighting in Gros Morne National Park, based on 92 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Elk in Gros Morne National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Elk in Gros Morne National Park in our monthly data.

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