Megaloceros

Megaloceros
Scientific name
Megaloceros giganteus
Type		Multi-part
Period(s)		Pleistocene
Length		???
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Name in other languages  メガロケロス  大角鹿  Mégacéros  Megaloceros  Megalocero  Гигантский олень  메갈로케로스  大角鹿  Mégacéros  Megaloceros  Riesenhirsch  Reuzenhert

The Megaloceros is a two-part fossil that can be donated to the museum in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

At the museum

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:

"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."

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

As an item

In New Horizons

Right megalo side
Interactable	No
Sell price	5,500 Bells
Colors	Beige   Brown
Size

Left megalo side
Interactable	No
Sell price	4,000 Bells
Colors	Beige   Brown
Size

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).

More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

Names in other languages

	メガロケロス Megarokerosu	Megaloceros
	메갈로케로스 megallokeloseu	Megaloceros
	大角鹿 Dà jiǎolù	Giant fallow deer
	Гигантский олень Gigantskiy olen'	Giant reindeer
	Reuzenhert	Giant deer
	Riesenhirsch	Giant deer
	Megaloceros	Megaloceros
	Mégacéros	Megaloceros
	Megalocero	Megalocero