Editing Megaloceros

{{Infobox Fossil
|name = Megaloceros
|ja-name = メガロケロス
|ko-name = 메갈로케로스
|zh-name = 大角鹿
|fr-name = Mégacéros
|es-name = Megaloceros
|it-name = Megalocero
|de-name = Riesenhirsch
|nl-name = Reuzenhert
|ru-name = Гигантский олень
|image  = NH Megaloceros Museum.jpg
|scientific name  = Megaloceros giganteus
|type = Multi-part
|sections = Left Megalo Side<br>Right Megalo Side
|period  = Pleistocene
|length  = ???
|price  = R. Side: 5,500 [[Bell]]s<br>L. Side: 4,000 Bells
}}
The '''Megaloceros''' is a two-part [[fossil]] that can be donated to the [[museum]] in {{NH}}.

==As an item==
===In {{NH|short|nolink}}===
{{FossilContainer|
{{NHFossilInfo
| name = right megalo side
| group = Megaloceros
| image = Right Megalo Side NH Icon.png
| interactable = No
| sell = 5500
| color1 = Beige
| color2 = Brown
| width = 2.0
| length = 2.0
}}
{{NHFossilInfo
| name = left megalo side
| group = Megaloceros
| image = Left Megalo Side NH Icon.png
| interactable = No
| sell = 4000
| color1 = Beige
| color2 = Brown
| width = 2.0
| length = 2.0
}}
}}

==Donating to the Museum==
===In {{NH|short|nolink}}===
{{Blathers|NH|The Megaloceros was a relative of the deer that lived during the Ice Age, long after the dinosaurs. It was also known as "megaloceros giganteus"...which just means "deer with large horns". True to their name, they were deer with antlers spanning roughly 10 feet across! Imagine the majesty! While smaller than many dinosaurs, they were nonetheless a very charismatic example of megafauna.}}

==Real-world information==
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 largest deer that ever lived. Its range extended across Eurasia during the Pleistocene, from Ireland to Siberia to China. A related form is recorded in China during the Late Pleistocene. The most recent remains of the species have been carbon dated to about 7,700 years ago in Siberia.

Although most skeletons have been found in bogs in Ireland, the animal was not exclusive to Ireland and was not closely related to either of the living species currently called elk: ''Alces alces'' (the European elk, known in North America as the moose) or ''Cervus canadensis'' (the North American elk or wapiti). For this reason, the name "giant deer" is used in some publications, instead of "Irish elk". A study has suggested that the Irish elk was closely related to the Red deer (''Cervus elaphus''). However, other phylogenetic analyses support a sister-group relationship with fallow deer (''Dama dama'').

{{See Wikipedia|Irish elk}}

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|ja = メガロケロス
|ja-r = Megarokerosu
|ja-m = Megaloceros
|ko = 메갈로케로스
|ko-r = megallokeloseu
|ko-m = Megaloceros
|zh = 大角鹿
|zh-r = Dà jiǎolù
|zh-m = Giant fallow deer
|fr = Mégacéros
|fr-m = Megaloceros
|es = Megaloceros
|es-m = Megaloceros
|it = Megalocero
|it-m = Megalocero
|de = Riesenhirsch
|de-m = Giant deer
|nl = Reuzenhert
|nl-m = Giant deer
|ru = Гигантский олень
|ru-r = Gigantskiy olen'
|ru-m = Giant reindeer
}}

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[[Category:New Horizons fossils]]