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Cervalces latifrons, the broad-fronted moose, or the giant moose [3] was a giant species of deer that inhabited Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene epoch. It is thought to be the ancestor of the modern moose, as well as the extinct North American Cervalces scotti. It was considerably larger than living moose, placing it as one of the largest ...
Cervalces latifrons, the broad-fronted moose, [2] and Cervalces carnutorum were found in Pleistocene Europe and Asia. The genus has been suggested to be paraphyletic and ancestral with respect to Alces, the genus which contains the modern moose, and as such, some authors synonymise Cervalces with Alces. [3]
[90] [91] The giant moose (Cervalces latifrons) reached 2.1 to 2.4 m (6.9 to 7.9 ft) high [92] and was twice as heavy as the Irish elk but its antler span at 2.5 m (8.2 ft) was smaller than that of Megaloceros. [93] [94] North American stag-moose (Cervalces scotti) reached 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) in length and a weight of 708.5 kilograms (1,562 lb).
Ca. 37,000-year-old cub of Homotherium latidens found near the Badyarikha River, Siberia.. This is a list of Ice Age species preserved as permafrost mummies.It includes all known species that have had their tissues partially preserved within the permafrost layer of the Arctic and Subarctic.
The largest deer of all time was the broad-fronted moose (Cervalces latifrons). The extinct Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) and the stag-moose (Cervalces scotti) were of similar size to the Alaskan moose. However, the Irish elk could have antlers spanning up to 4.3 m (14 ft) across, about twice the maximum span for a moose's antlers. [27]
Cervalces scotti, also known as stag-moose, is an extinct species of large deer that lived in North America during the Late Pleistocene epoch. [1] It is the only known North American member of the genus Cervalces. Its closest living relative is the modern moose (Alces alces).
This species was smaller than recent moose, but it had longer antlers than it's modern relatives. Antlers structure similar to Cervalces, consisted of very long beams and relatively small palms. [4] It is sometimes included in the genus Libralces [5] or Cervalces. [6]
Long-horned/Giant bison (Bos latifrons), fossil bison skeleton (public display, Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States) Mounted skeleton of a shrub-ox (Euceratherium collinum) Life restoration of Cervalces scotti Tetrameryx shuleri restoration A Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri), believed to be the ...