Megaloceros giganteus

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:species
gptkbp:behavior grazing
migratory patterns
gptkbp:caused_by climate change
overhunting
gptkbp:common_name gptkb:Irish_elk
gptkbp:conservation_status extinct
gptkbp:cultural_significance mythology in ancient cultures
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:cave
gptkbp:diet gptkb:product
gptkbp:discovered_by fossils in peat bogs
gptkbp:distribution gptkb:Europe
gptkbp:family gptkb:Cervidae
gptkbp:first_appearance about 600,000 years ago
gptkbp:fossil_record gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Politician
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Scotland
antlers
skeletal remains
up to 40,000 years old
gptkbp:habitat grasslands
open woodlands
gptkbp:height up to 2.1 m at the shoulder
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Megaloceros giganteus
gptkbp:is_a gptkb:species
gptkbp:last_appearance about 4,000 years ago
gptkbp:order gptkb:Artiodactyla
gptkbp:predators gptkb:Person
gptkbp:related_species gptkb:Alces_alces
gptkb:mythological_figure
Dama dama
gptkbp:related_to modern deer
gptkbp:reproduction seasonal breeding
gptkbp:research_focus climate studies
evolutionary biology
paleontology
gptkbp:scientific_classification gptkb:Kingdom_Animalia
gptkb:Phylum_Chordata
gptkb:Family_Cervidae
Order Artiodactyla
Class Mammalia
Genus Megaloceros
Species M. giganteus
gptkbp:significance largest known deer species
gptkbp:size large
larger than modern elk
larger than modern moose
gptkbp:social_structure herds
gptkbp:weight up to 1,500 kg
gptkbp:wildlife Late Pleistocene
gptkbp:wingspan up to 3.6 m
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Irish_elk
gptkb:Megaloceros
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4