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EXTINCT MONSTERS. 



a specimen in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons 

 (Lincoln's Inn Fields). The height of this specimen to the 

 summit of the antlers is lo ft. 4 in. The span of the antlers, 

 from tip to tip, is 8 ft. (in the living Moose it is only 4 ft). The 



Fig. 57. — Skeleton of Great Irish Deer, Cervtis giganteiis, from sliell-marl 

 beneath the peat, Ireland. Antlers over 9 feet across. 



weight of the skull and antlers together is 76 lbs., but those of 

 another specimen belonging to the Royal Dublin Society weigh 

 87 lbs. This great extinct deer surpassed the largest Wapite 

 (Cervus Canadensis) in size, and its antlers were very much larger. 



