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including proportionally long tails. This interpretation, which had previously been suggested by other authors, has been criticised, noting that there are no known remains for the taxon from the Sahara, and that previous interpretations of the rock art representing deer had been based on faulty
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Fernandez, Philippe; Bouzouggar, Abdeljalil; Collina-Girard, Jacques; Coulon, Mathieu (July 2015). "The last occurrence of
Megaceroides algericus Lyddekker, 1890 (Mammalia, Cervidae) during the middle Holocene in the cave of Bizmoune (Morocco, Essaouira region)".
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Remains from the Tamar Hat and Taza I archaeological sites suggests that the species may have been hunted by people. The latest known date for the species from
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The species is known from limited material, and knowledge of post-cranial remains and antlers are poor. The estimated size of the animal is smaller than a red deer but slightly larger than a
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van der Made, Jan (June 2019). "The dwarfed "giant deer" Megaloceros matritensis n.sp. from the Middle
Pleistocene of Madrid - A descendant of M. savini and contemporary to M. giganteus".
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in 1892. Léonce
Joleaud in two publications in 1914 and 1916 synonymised the two species, and suggested affinities with the giant deer of Europe, and placed it in the newly erected
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Hadjouis, Djillali (1990). "Megaceroides algericus (Lydekker, 1890), du gisement des
Phacochères (Alger, Algérie). Etude critique de la position systématique de Megaceroides".
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Arambourg, C.,1932. Note préliminaire sur unenouvelle grotte à ossementsdes environs d’Alger.Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire
Naturelle de l’Afrique du Nord 23,154-162.
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is largely unaffected. The pachyostosis is among the most extreme of any known mammal. The upper canines are absent (there are no sockets for them present on the
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by some authors, reflecting to its unresolved taxonomic position with respect to other giant deer. It was considered to belong to
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of North Africa. It is one of only two species of deer known to have been native to the
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in Algeria, alongside other fragmentary crania. The estimated body mass is approximately 100 kilograms (220 lb).
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to the full genus rank, and described additional cranial material, which were figured but not described in detail.
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