Alces latifrons (Johnson 1874) (Cervidae, Mammalia) from Late Pleistocene sediments of the Upper Rhine Valley (West Germany)

New finds of Alces latifrons (JOHNSON 1874) from the gravel pits of the nor thern Upper Rhine Valley (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate) are described, dated as Eemian by SCHWEISS (1988) and KOENIGSWALD (1988). The new material indi cates an extension of the stratigraphic range of Alces latifrons into the l ast interglacial period. Alces latifrons from the Upper Rhine Valley reache s the size of Alces latifrons from early Middle Pleistocene localities. Bas ed on size and morphology they can clearly be distinguished from Alces alce s from stratigraphically younger sediments of the Upper Rhine Valley. In ad dition taxonomic problems with fossil moose are debated in the context of f unctional adaptations and intraspecific variability of the recent Alces alc es.