Megaceroides algericus

Megaceroides algericus
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–Holocene
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Scientific classification Edit this 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

Cervus pachygenys Pomel, 1892

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.[1] It is considered to be closely related to the giant deer species of Eurasia.

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