Irish Elk Socks

Description: Giant Ice Age deer or Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus). All my illustrations are inspired by real specimens from zoos, museums, or in the wild. Find the perfect gift for aspiring paleontologists, animal lovers and natural history enthusiasts.

Description: Megaloceros giganteus otherwise known as the Irish Elk, one of the largest deer species in the fossil record. Measuring 6.9 feet, with the largest antlers of any deer species, measuring 12 feet in width. Despite it’s name it was not exclusively native to Ireland, nor was it actually an elk. Most of the best and most complete specimens were found in Ireland, with some of the antlers winding up on the walls in medieval castles. Megaloceros lived during the Middle pleistocene to the early holocene 0.781 – 0.008 million years ago.

Description: The Irish elk also called the giant deer or Irish deer, is an extinct species of deer. It is one of the largest deer that ever lived.

Description: The ancient, extinct symbol of the Emerald Isle, The giant Irish Elk. Outlined by varying shades of green.

Description: A design of some popular ice age animals

Description: Irish elk in the midst of winter silence under the Northern Lights, Pleistocene. Piece of art from the depths of time.

Description: An Irish Elk sculpted in the pose of the Monarch of the Glen.