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This skeleton of a Megaloceros in New Zealand's Christchurch museum may have inspired Peter Jackson to give Thranduil a stately mount suitable for an Elf-king.
Megaloceros, or the Irish Elk, is an extinct genus of deer presumed to be portrayed in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Megaloceros is not mentioned by name). Thranduil is seen riding a Megaloceros during Smaug's attack on Erebor. In The Desolation Of Smaug, Thranduil's throne appears to be comprised of Megaloceros antlers.
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Thranduil riding a Megaloceros
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Illustration of Megaloceros giganteus
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Megaloceros in the BBC documentary Walking with Beasts
