Irish elk were thought to have been wiped out during the Ice Age . They were five ft ( 2metres ) tall and had antlers with a 10 ft ( 3 metre ) span . The last known sighting of an Irish elk was in Ireland, but it is believed that they are extinct there as well.
Irish elk were thought to have been wiped out during the Ice Age . They were five ft ( 2metres ) tall and had antlers with a 10 ft ( 3 metre ) span . Fossils reveal they lived on in Siberia for around 2,000 years afterwards . Bones studied were found in various locations in western Siberia .