Reconstruction of the Irish Elk (Megaloceros), extinct genus found as fossils in Asia and Europe, similar in size to modern Moose. Largest specimens from Denmark and Ireland had antlers 4 metres across. Pleistocene epoch (2,500,000 to 10,000 years ago). Wood engraving c1880.

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Reconstruction of the Irish Elk (Megaloceros), extinct genus found as fossils in Asia and Europe, similar in size to modern Moose. Largest specimens from Denmark and Ireland had antlers 4 metres across. Pleistocene epoch (2,500,000 to 10,000 years ago). Wood engraving c1880.

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