Megaloceros

The painting shown below is from Lascaux, but there are also 7 megaloceroses depicted at Chauvet (Clottes, 192)


Megaloceros, The Axial Gallery, Lascaux
Image source:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Lascaus%2C_Megaloceros.JPG

The megaloceros "is an extinct genus of deer whose members lived throughout Eurasia from the late Pliocene to the late Pleistocene and were important herbivores during the Ice Ages ... Most members of the genus were extremely large animals that favoured meadows or open woodlands ..."  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaloceros (accessed April 9, 2014)