Photo of the Day #882: Elk-Moose

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The skeleton of an elk-moose (Cervalces scotti), photographed at the New Jersey State Museum.


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One of my very favorites among the extinct Pleistocene megafauna.

By Maureen Lycaon (not verified) on 19 Mar 2010 #permalink

I have found a near complete female cervalces skeleton In Iowa. The Ice came down the river this spring and took about 15 feet of our bank out.It was this fall before I found it when I was cutting up the trees which the ice took out.I`ll try to post some pics on here.

By Larry W. Penni… (not verified) on 19 Nov 2011 #permalink