''Cervalces carnutorum'', sometimes known as ''Alces carnutorum'', is an
extinct species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
of large
deer
Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the ...
that lived in
Europe
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during the
Early Pleistocene. Fragments were found in the site of
Saint-Prest, near
Chartres,
and described by Laugel in 1862.
The exact position of species within the genera ''
Alces'', ''
Cervalces
''Cervalces'' is an extinct deer genus that lived during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs. ''Cervalces gallicus'' is either classified as a species of the related '' Libralces'', or an ancestral species to other members of ''Cervalces''. It li ...
'' and ''
Libralces'' is of debate. Many large, prehistoric moose-like cervids were originally placed in ''Alces'', but have since been moved to ''Cervalces'' or ''Libralces'' by many (but not all) authorities. Both ''Cervalces'' and ''Libralces'' have also been used interchangeably with regards to certain species.
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Cervalces
Prehistoric deer
Pleistocene even-toed ungulates
Prehistoric mammals of Europe
Fossil taxa described in 1862
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