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The Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus), [1] [2] also called the giant deer or Irish deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. Its range extended across Eurasia during the Pleistocene , from Ireland (where it is known from abundant remains found in bogs) to Lake Baikal in Siberia .
Megaloceros (from Greek: μεγαλος megalos + κερας keras, literally "Great Horn"; see also Lister (1987)) is an extinct genus of deer whose members lived throughout Eurasia from the Pleistocene to the early Holocene.
The largest known marsupial, and the largest metatherian, is the extinct Diprotodon, about 3 m (9.8 ft) long, standing 2 m (6 ft 7 in) tall and weighing up to 2,786 kg (6,142 lb). [48] Fellow vombatiform Palorchestes azael was similar in length being around 2.5 m (8.2 ft), with body mass estimates indicating it could exceed 1,000 kg (2,200 lb).
A funny fact is that the Irish elk was not actually an elk but the largest deer species ever known. These gigantic mammals were 7 feet tall and had massive antlers atop their head that spanned 12 ...
Extinct due to destruction of nesting habitat by introduced goats, and predation by cats. [56] Zacatecas Worthen's sparrow: Spizella wortheni browni: Northwest Zacatecas, Mexico Last recorded in 1961. Extinct due to habitat loss to agriculture, overgrazing and erosion by cattle herding, and decline of native herbivores which maintained the bird ...
Bubalus wansijocki (extinct buffalo native to North China) Various deer (Cervidae) spp. Giant deer/Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) Cretan deer (Candiacervus spp.) Haploidoceros mediterraneus [34] [35] Sinomegaceros spp. (including Sinomegaceros yabei in Japan, and Sinomegaceros ordosianus and possibly Sinomegaceros pachyosteus in China). [36]
It also has one of the largest elk herds in North America and is the only place in the lower 48 states that has had a continuous free-ranging bison population since prehistoric times. Visitors may ...
The extinct Irish elk (Megaloceros) was not a member of the genus Cervus but rather the largest member of the wider deer family (Cervidae) known from the fossil record. [ 11 ] Until recently, red deer and elk were considered to be one species, Cervus elaphus , [ 5 ] [ 12 ] with over a dozen subspecies.