The Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus), also called the giant deer or Irish deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the...

spotted in county Wicklow and county Armagh. The Irish elk and the red deer both became extinct in Ireland about 10,500 years ago during the Nahanagan Stadial...

The elk (pl.: elk or elks; Cervus canadensis), or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial...

Elk may also refer to: Eurasian elk or moose (Alces alces), the largest extant species in the deer family Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus, extinct)...

member of the genus, Megaloceros giganteus, vernacularly known as the "Irish elk" or "giant deer", is also the best known. Fallow deer are thought to be...

The moose (pl.: 'moose'; used in North America) or elk (pl.: 'elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (Alces alces) is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest...

year. Its notable features included the Irish elk and the banner of the House of de Burgh. The flag of Ireland is a tricolour of green, white and orange...

Sika deer Reeves's muntjac Water deer Elk/moose - (on private reserves) Reindeer - (on private reserves) Irish elk Scottish red deer (subspecies) Roe deer...

extinct. For example: The moose (Alces alces) is an extant species, and the Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) is an extinct species. In the group of molluscs...

no snakes in Ireland, and only one species of reptile (the common lizard) is native to the island. Extinct species include the Irish elk, the great auk...

Pélabon, Christophe; Hansen, Thomas F. (2024-01-29). "Antler Allometry, the Irish Elk and Gould Revisited". Evolutionary Biology. 51: 149–165. doi:10.1007/s11692-023-09624-1...

allude to the extinct Irish elk, also known as the "giant deer". Skinty Fia became the band's first number-one album in both Ireland and the UK. It reached...

the Ulster Scots, and an Irish elk to represent the "native element". The lion bears a flag with the Irish harp and the Irish elk bears a flag with the arms...

such Cervalces scotti, the largest races of the extant moose and the Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus), despite some overlap in shoulder height, and...

the modern elk. † Megaloceros (Pliocene–Pleistocene) featured the Irish elk (M. giganteus), one of the largest known cervids. The Irish elk reached 2 metres...

number of the listed species are globally extinct (most famously the Irish elk, great auk and woolly mammoth). Most of the remainder survive to some...

maturation with extended periods of growth. An example is the extinct Irish elk. From the fossil record, its antlers spanned up to 12 feet (3.7 m) wide...

extinction, as has historically been suggested for the giant antlers of the Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) that became extinct in Holocene Eurasia (although...

the site include the straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus), Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus), fallow deer, red deer (Cervus elaphus), aurochs...

species of bat are found in Ireland. During the Last Glacial Period, mammals such as the woolly mammoth, muskox, wild horse, Irish elk (also known as the giant...

against the Irish Home Rule Bills of 1886 and 1893. Joined by loyalist labour, on the eve of World War I this broad opposition to Irish self-government...

Elk County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 30,990. Its county seat is Ridgway...

consisted of large ungulates like wild horse, aurochs, steppe bison, Irish elk/giant deer, wild boar, red deer and reindeer, with larger herbivores like...

Another example given in textbooks is the extinct Irish elk, Megaloceros giganteus. The male Irish elk's enormous antlers could perhaps have evolved as displays...

Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance Consider the antlers of the Irish elk, (often supposed to be far too large; in deer antler size has an allometric...

extinct Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) and the stag-moose (Cervalces scotti) were of similar size to the Alaskan moose. However, the Irish elk could...

While the Alaska moose and the Asian Chukotka moose match the extinct Irish elk in size, they are smaller than Cervalces latifrons, the largest deer of...

by megafauna following the LGM (such as mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, Irish elk, and cave lions), in part contributing to their extinction which occurred...

rhinoceros, various giraffids, such as the Sivatherium; ground sloths, Irish elk, cave lions, cave bears, Gomphotheres, American lions, dire wolves, and...

Pleistocene megafauna such as chamois, ibex, wild boar, steppe wisent, aurochs, Irish elk, woolly mammoth, straight-tusked elephant, woolly rhinoceros, Merck's...