Megaloceros

Megaloceros (from Greek: μεγαλος, megalos + κερας, keras, literally "Great Horn"; see also Lister [1987]) is an extinct genus of deerwhose members lived throughout Eurasia from the late Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene and were important herbivores during the Ice Ages. The largest species, Megaloceros giganteus, vernacularly known as the "Irish Elk" or "Giant elk", is also the best known.
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:Prehistoric deer
Category:Pleistocene even-toed ungulates
Category:Pliocene even-toed ungulates
Category:Prehistoric mammal genera
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1828