Summary ²

Megaceroides algericus is an extinct species of deer known from the Late Pleistocene to Holocene of North Africa. It is one of only two species of deer known to have been native to the African continent, alongside the Barbary stag, a subspecies of red deer. It is considered to be closely related to the giant deer species of Eurasia.

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1. Richard Lydekker, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megaceroides-algericus_1890.jpg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaceroides_algericus

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