''Alces gallicus'', also known as the Gallic moose, is an extinct species of

moose The moose (: 'moose'; used in North America) or elk (: 'elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is also the tal ...

, which has been found in

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

. It is believed to have lived in

Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fin ...

about 2 MYA. This species was smaller than recent moose, but it had longer antlers than it's modern relatives. Antlers structure similar to '' Cervalces'', consisted of very long beams and relatively small palms. It is sometimes included in the genus '' Libralces'' or '' Cervalces''.

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gallicus Prehistoric deer Pleistocene Artiodactyla Pleistocene mammals of Europe Pleistocene extinctions Fossil taxa described in 1952 {{Paleo-eventoedungulate-stub