Libralces

Taxobox
name = Libralces
fossil_range = Pliocene
status = Prehistoric


image_caption = "Libralces gallicus"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = Cervidae
subfamilia = Odocoilinae
genus = "†Libralces"
subdivision_ranks=species
subdivision=
*"†L. gallicus"
*"†L. latifrons"
*"†L. reynoldsi"

"Libralces" ("Weighing Scale Elk") was a genus of Eurasian deer that lived during the Pliocene period. The genus' main claim to fame are their 2+ meter wide antlers, comparable in size with those of "Megaloceros" (as with virtually all prehistoric deers of note).According to Jordi Agustin, "Libracles" was the ancestor of "Megaloceros", though, most other authorities regard it as a relative of moose, "Alces".

The best known and best studied species is the French "L. gallicus".