Dicrocerus

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iDicrocerus
Fossil range: Miocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Dicrocerus
Species: D. elegans
Binomial name
Dicrocerus elegans

Dicrocerus elegans is an extinct species of deer found in central France. It stood 70 cm (2 ft 4 in) tall at the shoulder. Its long skull sported a set of antlers with a thickened base. Like modern deer, Dicrocerus shed its antlers every year. The main stem was shorter in each new set. The same is seen in modern muntjacs.