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Megaloceros giganteus, the famous Eurasian giant deer of Late Pleistocene times, possessed the largest antlers ever known: reliable estimates of their total span range up to 4 m.
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GOULD, S. Positive Allometry of Antlers in the “Irish Elk”, Megaloceros giganteus. Nature 244, 375–376 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244375a0
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