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The Leeds Irish Elk, the skeleton of a great deer or Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus, now extinct), presented by philanthropist William Gott to Leeds Philosophical Society for their museum in 1862. It has been on display for over 150 years in the city, and is now in Leeds City Museum, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Showing the elk with taxidermist James Dickinson, MBE, who mounted the skeleton for the museum in 2008.

Dickinson also mounted the partial dodo skeleton in the small glass case on the left of the picture.
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