GIANT IRISH DEER 57 
Skull and Antlers of extinct Giant Irish Deer (Irish Elk). 
The GIANT IRISH DEER (Cervus [? Dama] giganteus). 
(Commonly called “ Irish Elk.”) 
An extinct deer, probably standing at least 6 feet at the shoulder, 
with the antlers enormously expanded, and carrying several large tines 
on the front border, of which the one above the trez is the longest ; the 
brow-tine being often flattened and forked. In its typical form this 
magnificent deer occurs in the Prehistoric deposits of Ireland, England, . 
and probably some of the western districts of the Continent. In the 
skull the vomer is welded to the adjacent bones. 
. aps Length round Length of Circum- . 
pu oe Tip inside of both antlers ference wit of Points. Owner. 
Den lDs antler. across skull. above burr. ee 
ft. 9 ins ft. in. fie nl 
-I12 6 ei iat we 12 7+7 Duke of St. Albans. 
-II 6 ane att a 20 es Marquis of Londonderry. 
-II 5 Ou Ri 9? 17 11+11 Dublin Museum. 
te 3 Vi es) ap 124 194 174 Mrs. Donaldson-Hudson. 
-I1 13 6 93 mi 9} 164 23 Sir Peter Walker, Bart. 
-10 43 6 9 13 10 12 20 Sc Earl of Bessborough. 
10) .2 5 os eae 9 194 19 British Museum. 
-10 2 me ee ate ste Zo% Thomas Bate. 
9 8 a xe on 20 12+11 Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
G5 6 2 120005 ii 214 11+11 Viscount Powerscourt. 
9 5 6 0 I2 10 134 2th 15+13 Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 
= Ow ner’s measurements. 
