Megacerops

Megacerops
Megacerops
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Scientific name
	Megacerops
Sections	Megacerops Skull; Megacerops Tail; Megacerops Torso
Period(s)	Late Eocene
Length	16 feet (4.9 m)
Selling price	Skull: 4,500 Bells; Tail: 3,000 Bells; Torso: 3,500 Bells
Main appearances
	DnM AC e+ WW CF NL NH
	Name in other languages; メガセロプス; 巨角犀; Brontothérium; Brontoterio; Brontoterio; Бронтотерий 메가케롭스; 巨角犀; Brontothérium; Brontoterio; Megacerops; Brontops

The Megacerops is a three-part fossil that can be donated to the museum in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Donating to the museum[edit]

In New Leaf[edit]

"The megacerops was a mammalian grazer with a Y-shaped horn on its nose. It is a distant relative of the rhinoceros, which the horn helps give away. Its main source of food was soft grass, but climate change caused this food source to disappear. Ultimately, without a thriving source of fresh food, megacerops joined other creatures in extinction."

In New Horizons[edit]

When donating to Blathers or selecting "Tell me about this!" in New Horizons, he will provide the following information about the fossil:

"Hoo! I had been hoping someone would bring me a Megacerops! This large fellow was a bit like our modern rhinoceros, but with two horns on its nose! Sadly, their small teeth restricted them to a diet of rather soft plants, and eventually they died out. I feel there is a valuable lesson to be had there about learning to enjoy a variety of foods."

The Megacerops can be found in the last room of the fossil exhibit in the museum.

As an item[edit]

Name	HHA Points	Feng Shui	Genre	Size (sq)
Megacerops Skull	?	Brown (x2)	Quirky	4
Megacerops Tail	?	Brown (x2)	Quirky	4
Megacerops Torso	?	Brown (x2)	Quirky	4

In New Horizons[edit]

Megacero Skull
Interactable	No
Sell price	4500 Bells
Colors	Brown Brown
Size

Megacero Tail
Interactable	No
Sell price	3000 Bells
Colors	Brown Brown
Size

Megacero Torso
Interactable	No
Sell price	3500 Bells
Colors	Brown Brown
Size

Real-world information[edit]

Megacerops was a large herbivorous mammal that lived in North America during the Late Eocene (38-33.9 million years ago). While it resembles a rhinoceros, its closest modern relatives are actually horses. Megacerops was also far larger than any rhinoceros, reaching sizes that rival those of modern elephants. Based on the shape of its teeth, Megacerops likely preferred softer vegetation.

Males have been found with partially healed rib fractures, leading many to hypothesize that males would use their horns to fight, as no other animal known from their ecosystem could have made those wounds.

More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.