Cervalces latifrons vs Cape buffalo

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"...despite some overlap in shoulder height, and is the largest deer ever known to exist. C. latifrons is estimated to have reached 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) to 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) high at the shoulder. Body mass of C. latifrons was around 1,000 kg (2,200 lb), putting it around 30% heavier than C. scotti. In some cases, this species could have weighed perhaps up to 1,200 kg (2,600 lb) with the largest specimens perhaps reaching 2.5 m (8.2 ft) at the shoulder. It was about the same mass and far taller than a modern bull American bison (Bison bison) and could have weighed about twice as much as the Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) but is much less well known to the general public, probably because the span of its antlers at 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) was smaller than that of the Irish elk."


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I think a bull broad-fronted moose would be large enough to defeat some of the smaller populations of cape buffalo. The largest cape buffalo was like.. 900kg if I recall correctly. I think a record sized 1200kg bull may be too much for the buffalo to handle. At parity, the cervid is unfortunately still outgunned.