Irish elk
Megaloceros giganteus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Megaloceros giganteus
- Continent
- Europe, Asia
- Group
- Mammal
- Period
- Quaternary (Ice Age)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- Small (1–3 m)
- Moves
- On four legs
- Feature
- Horns
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- It is called the Irish elk because many fine skeletons were found in Irish bogs, but it was a deer, not an elk.
- Its antlers could reach about 3.5 metres from tip to tip, the widest of any known deer.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q312054 · All prehistoric life · All entries