Deer have fascinated humans for thousands of years, and there were once some absolute giants that roamed the prehistoric Earth. Let's take a look at some of them!

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Artiodactyla evolution:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=e...

Deer evolution:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Bretzia pseudalces: https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/arti...

Sinomegaceros:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Eucladoceros:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wil...
https://geopaleontologica.org/en/wp...

Praemegaceros:
https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net...

Broad fronted moose:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...[886:PAPOTP]2.0.CO;2?casa_token=4MQImGKe_0AAAAA:4PDIqC1NG8QbWu3YFvpb8srFzfk4GMVp0cjxzdOs0ozKrYSUGS49tg4LFl7vV2J0WbJjoQUBeH

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Rucervus gigans:
https://www.ehelvetica.nb.admin.ch/a...

Megaloceros savini:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Megaloceros matritensis:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Clacton fallow deer:
https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/a...

Cervalces scotti:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...

Megaloceros giganteus:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...

https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

https://www.mdpi.com/2571550X/4/4/36

Megaceroides algericus:
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

https://journals.openedition.org/ency...

Rangifer tarandus constantini:
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/M...

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/8...

Alaskan moose:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_...