Giant deer (big-horned deer)

Japanese: オオツノシカ(大角鹿) - オオツノシカ(英語表記)giant deer
Giant deer (big-horned deer)
A large deer with palmate antlers, some of which can reach 3.7 meters across. It was distributed in Europe and eastern and northern Asia during the middle and late Pleistocene period of the Quaternary Period, but became extinct with the end of the Ice Age. Its morphology is similar to that of modern moose, but it held its head up like a red deer. The European genus Megaloceros and the Asian genus Sinomegaceros are distinguished by the shape of their antlers.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
目の上の眉枝と角幹の先端が大きく,掌状になった角をもった大型のシカで,角のさしわたしが3.7mに及ぶものもある。第四紀更新世中・後期にヨーロッパと東および北アジアに分布していたが,氷河時代の終りとともに絶滅した。形態は現生のヘラジカに似るが,首はアカシカのように上にもたげていた。ヨーロッパにいたメガロケロス属Megalocerosのものと,アジアのシノメガケロス属Sinomegacerosのものは角の形状で区別される。

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