The Quantocks are also an important site for red deer ("Cervus elaphus"). The Emperor of Exmoor, a red stag ("Cervus elaphus"), was reportedly killed in October 2010. The fossil records of "Cervus elaphus acoronatus" start in the lower Middle Pleistocene. Red deer ("Cervus elaphus") are the host of this parasite. Until recently, red deer and elk were considered to be one species, "Cervus elaphus". Though probably this stag beetle was named after the Red Deer ("Cervus elaphus"). The red deer ("Cervus elaphus") is one of the largest deer species. Animals in their mild climate included the grizzly bear, elk ("Cervus elaphus"), pronghorn, and deer. The Barbary stag ("Cervus elaphus barbarus") was extinct as well, but has been reintroduced recently. Definitive host include Cervidae&colon; moose "Alces alces", "Cervus elaphus" and reindeer "Rangifer tarandus". Red deer ("Cervus elaphus") is a large land-mammal of Europe, central Asia and North Africa. Red deer "Cervus elaphus" are also impacting on the habitat of frogs and eastern bristlebirds.