Megaloceros Size

Megaloceros is one of the largest deer that ever lived. The Irish elk stood about 2 - 2.1 m (6.6 - 6.9 ft) tall at the shoulders and weighed about 540–700 kg (1,190–1,543 lb). It carried the largest antlers of any known cervid (a maximum of 3.65 m (12.0 ft) from tip to tip and weighing up to 40 kg (88 lb)). In body size, the Irish Elk tied with the extant Alaskan Moose as the third largest known deer.

Fossils have been found in Europe and Asia (Austria, Britain, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Siberia ) and Africa.