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In Sweden and Europe they are called Elk
In north america its Moose.
okay so apparently here in Europe Elk and Moose are the Same (The Typical ones with Long Snout and Shovel-antlers)
In america they use Moose and Elk to describe different animals.
Even Wapiti are Elk ... why do they make that so confusing?
also as for moose/elk caller, it really doesn't take long to get them, just keep jumping around to different regions to get the easier missions done and you will get the XP the fastest and come back later for the harder missions when leveled up
You can also use Moose Scent, it unlocks long before the caller does
I'm not
Yuppers, a moose is not an elk, anywhere, any language. Moose are moose. Elk are elk.
Elk may be known by various names and subspecies, but none are moose.
Swedish: Moose,Elk both are "Älg"
German: Moose, Elk both are "Elch"
Finnish: Moose, Elk both are "Hirvi"
Spanish : Moose, Elk both are "Alce"
African: Moose, Elk both are "Eland"
Czech: Moose, Elk both are "Los"
Russian: Moose, Elk both are "Los"
Bulgarian: Moose, Elk both are "Los"
Turkish: Moose, Elk both are "Geyik"
Latin: Moose, Elk both are "Alces"
Indonesian: Moose, Elk both are "rusa"
Polish: Moose, Elk both are "łoś"
"moose are not elk, anywhere, any language..." Alright dude great research.
https://a-z-animals.com/reference/animal-classification/
Alces Alces (New World subspecies) in North America are called Moose(from an old Indigenous Peoples' name in Canada), whereas the Old World subspecies (Europe, Eurasia) are called some version of Elk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/moose/
https://www.britannica.com/animal/moose-mammal
From:
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Moose
The moose (plural "moose") is the largest extant species (Alces alces) of deer (family Cervidae) in the world. It is distinguished from the others by the palmate antlers of its males. While Alces alces is called moose in North America, derived from Eastern Abenaki moz), this species is called elk in Anglophone Europe. In North America, the term elk (also wapiti) refers to the deer species Cervus canadensis. The moose can live approximately 20 years or more in the wild (SNP 2007).
Cervus canadensis refers to what we call Elk in North America, with 14 sub-species.
Wapiti is an old Indigenous People's name in North America for this species.
From the article below:
"These animals are often confused with the moose, not only because they look similar but because the moose (scientific name Alces alces or Cervus alces) is called “elk” in Eurasia. The scientific name of the elk is Cervus canadensis, with C. c. canadensis being the species type. There are 14 subspecies. Although they are both animals in the deer family Cervidae, the elk are in the subfamily Cervinae or Old World Deer, while the moose is in the subfamily Capriolinae (Odocoileinae) or New World deer."
The word “elk” historically had a meaning like “large deer.” English-speaking people in North America in the 17th century were familiar with the elk’s relative, the red deer (Cervus elaphus) but not the moose, so they gave the name “elk” to Cervus canadensis, also referred to as “red deer.” Linguistically, the romanized ancient Greek word for the Latin Alces (moose) was álkē, which during the Early Middle Ages in the 8th century was called elch, elh and eolh in Old English. It then became elk, elcke or elke in Middle English or the Latinized alke. The Asian subspecies of elk are sometimes called maral, though the word mainly applies to the Caspian red deer, a red deer subspecies (Cervus elaphus maral).
Elk are related to an ancient breed of red deer in Asia, and are still called red deer there. They came to North America across the Bering Strait about 120,000 years ago, as did the caribou and other animals. Between 5,000 to 10,000 years ago, they advanced as far as Colorado, and there may have been as many as 10 million elk in North America when European settlement began.
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/elk/
https://www.britannica.com/animal/elk-mammal
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Elk
The elk or wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is the second largest species of deer in the world, after the moose (Alces alces), which is, confusingly, often also called elk in Europe. Elk have long, branching antlers and are one of the largest mammals in North America and eastern Asia. Until recently, elk and red deer were considered the same species, however DNA research has indicated that they are different.
In Europe, there is the Red Deer, (Cervus Elaphus, which is a close cousin to C. Canadensis), as one can see from the similarities in appearance of these two species.
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/red%20deer/
And then we have Caribou (North America) or Reindeer(Europe, Eurasia) - these are 'Rangifer tarandus' with several subspecies
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/caribou/
Clearly, these are all in the family 'Cervidae' as are all mammals we label as 'deer' (an English umbrella term), but completely different { genus, species, subspecies} classifications.
See also
https://safariclub.org/cervids-deer-family-deer-elk-moose-and-caribou/
Actually, it's fun (at least for me), and I learned something new and interesting from the research I did on this topic