Cervus megaceros, Print, The Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) also called the giant deer or Irish giant 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 to Siberia to China. A related form is recorded in China during the Late Pleistocene. The most recent remains of the species have been carbon dated to about 7, 700 years ago in Siberia., skeleton.

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Caption: Cervus megaceros, Print, The Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) also called the giant deer or Irish giant 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 to Siberia to China. A related form is recorded in China during the Late Pleistocene. The most recent remains of the species have been carbon dated to about 7, 700 years ago in Siberia., skeleton

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Keywords: 7 • 700 YEARS AGO • CARBON DATED • CERVUS MEGACEROS • CHINA • CHINE • CHINESE • DEATH (PERSONIFICATION) • DEER • DOE • EIRE • EXTINCT SPECIES • GENUS MEGALOCEROS • GIANT DEER • IRELAND • IRISH ELK • IRISH GIANT DEER • LARGEST DEER • LATE PLEISTOCENE • LIVED • MEGALOCEROS GIGANTEUS • PLEISTOCENE PERIOD • PLÉISTOCÈNE • PORCELAIN • PRINT • RANGE EXTENDED ACROSS EURASIA • RECENT REMAINS • RECORDED • RED DEER • RELATED FORM • SIBERIA • SKELETON • SPECIES • STAG