Irish elk: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: The Pennsylvania State University - CiteSeerX - Antler growth and extinction of Irish elk (PDF). Feb 21, 2025
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Proceedings B - Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis. Oct 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Giant deer Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach, 1799 (Cervidae, Mammalia) from Palaeolithic of Eastern Europe. Aug 29, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Waterloo - Wat on Earth - The irish elk - victim or success? Jun 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - The Irish elk: when and why did this giant deer go extinct and what did it look like? Mar 22, 2024
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Irish Elk. Nov 19, 2023
Links added. Sep 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Extinct Animals - Irish Elk. Jun 15, 2017
Add new Web site: Prehistoric-Wildlife - Megaloceros a.k.a Irish Elk and Giant Deer. Jun 15, 2017
Add new Web site: University of California - Museum of Paleontology - The Case of the Irish Elk. Jun 15, 2017
New text revising the time of extinction added. Additional text more accurately describes this animal as a deer rather than an elk. Nov 17, 2009
Geologic time data updated. Sep 11, 2009
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Megaloceros. Jan 15, 2008
Added new Web site: Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Megaloceros. Jan 15, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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