Megaceroides algericus
Megaceroides algericus is an extinct species of deer known from the Late Pleistocene to the 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.
| Megaceroides algericus Temporal range: | |
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| Lateral view (top) and dorsal view (bottom) of an adult male skull of M. algericus from Aïn Bénian, Algeria, scale bars = 5 cm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Cervinae |
| Genus: | †Megaceroides Joleaud, 1914 |
| Species: | †M. algericus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Megaceroides algericus (Lydekker, 1890) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cervus pachygenys Pomel, 1892 | |
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