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Irish elk: see elk elk, name applied to several large members of the deer family. It most properly designates the largest member of the family, Alces alces, found in the northern regions of Eurasia and North America. In North America this animal is called moose . ..... Click the link for more information. . Irish elkAny member of a genus (Megaloceros) of extinct giant deer commonly found as fossils in Pleistocene deposits (1.8 million–10,000 years ago) in Europe and Asia. About the size of a modern moose, the Irish elk had the largest antlers of any form of deer known, in some specimens about 13 ft (4 m) across. It may have survived until c. 700–500 BC. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Irish elk, or Megaloceros giganteus, was actually a giant deer. They fed off the dead of the huge mammalian fauna of the era: giant grizzly, giant deer, giant horses and giant ground sloths, performing the function that Sorenson called ``environmental vacuum cleaner. Megaloceros giganteus actually was a giant deer that stood more than 2. |
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