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Based on data from Late Pleistocene mammoths (\n                    <jats:italic>Mammuthus primigenius<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) and woolly rhinoceroses (\n                    <jats:italic>Coelodonta antiquitatis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) from the North Sea, we hypothesized that high incidences of cervical ribs in declining populations are due to inbreeding and\/or adverse conditions impacting early pregnancies. In this study, we investigated the incidence of cervical ribs in an extinct Late Pleistocene megaherbivore, giant deer (\n                    <jats:italic>Megaloceros giganteus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) from Ireland and in the extant highly inbred P\u00e8re David deer (\n                    <jats:italic>Elaphurus davidianus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) and in twenty other extant species. 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