Megacerops

Megacerops
The Megacerops in the museum in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Scientific name
Megacerops
Type		Multi-part
Period(s)		Late Eocene
Length		16 feet (4.9 m)
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue 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 in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

At the museum

In New Leaf

The Megacerops in the museum in New Leaf.

After donating the final part of the fossil in New Leaf, its plaque in the museum will read:

"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

When the player donates to Blathers or selects "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

In New Leaf

Megacero skull
Sell price	4,500 Bells
Colors	Brown   Brown
Style	Historical
HHA theme challenge	Quirky
Size

Megacero torso
Sell price	3,500 Bells
Colors	Brown   Brown
Style	Historical
HHA theme challenge	Quirky
Size

Megacero tail
Sell price	3,000 Bells
Colors	Brown   Brown
Style	Historical
HHA theme challenge	Quirky
Size

In New Horizons

Megacero skull
Interactable	No
Sell price	4,500 Bells
Colors	Brown   Brown
Size

Megacero tail
Interactable	No
Sell price	3,000 Bells
Colors	Brown   Brown
Size

Megacero torso
Interactable	No
Sell price	3,500 Bells
Colors	Brown   Brown
Size

Real-world information

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.