Arctodus - Wikipedia
Arctodus is an extinct genus of short-faced bear that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene (~2.5 Mya until 12,800 years ago). There are two recognized species: the lesser short-faced bear (Arctodus pristinus) and the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus).
The Giant Short-Faced Bear - North American Bear Center
Also called the bulldog bear, the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) was undoubtedly the fastest running bear that ever lived. Rangier and longer legged than any bear today, it was about five feet at the shoulders when walking and stood as tall as 12 feet on its hind legs.
Short Faced Bear Facts, Habitat, Pictures and Diet - Extinct Animals
2022年12月4日 · The short-faced bear, belonging to the subfamily Tremarctinae, is an extinct bear species that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene epoch. There are two recognized species – Arctodus pristinus (also called Lesser short-faced bear) and Arctodus simus, which is considered as the most powerful and largest land carnivore that inhabited ...
Tremarctinae - Wikipedia
The Tremarctinae or short-faced bears is a subfamily of Ursidae that contains one living representative, the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) of South America, and several extinct species from four genera: the Florida spectacled bear (Tremarctos floridanus), the North American giant short-faced bears Arctodus (A. pristinus and A. simus ...
Short-faced Bear | Explore the Ice Age Midwest
The giant short-faced bear was an enormous animal, larger than the modern grizzly or polar bears. It had very long, legs for a bear, and a relatively short body given its height. Its feet were also distinctive in that the toes faced forward rather than inward, as in other bears.
Unearthing the Story of North America’s Lost Giant Bear
2022年4月15日 · A new book digs through dark caves and historical documents to tell the story of the now-extinct giant short-faced bear, which disappeared around the time of the mammoths.
Arctotherium - Wikipedia
Arctotherium ("bear beast") is an extinct genus of the Pleistocene short-faced bears endemic to Central and South America. [1] Arctotherium migrated from North America to South America during the Great American Interchange, following the formation of the Isthmus of Panama during the late Pliocene.
Biogeographic problem-solving reveals the Late Pleistocene ...
2020年9月16日 · Here we illustrate the use of such an integrative approach and report the occurrence of North America’s largest terrestrial mammalian carnivore, the short-faced bear, Arctodus simus, from...
Extinct Short-faced Bear ( Actodus spp.) Fact Sheet: Taxonomy …
2024年5月7日 · Arctodus, the extinct short-faced bear, and Tremarctos, the living spectacled bear, are the last of the tremarctine lineage. In order to preserve the world's evolutionary diversity, spectacled bears deserve special conservation priority.
Short-faced Bear
The giant short-faced bear (scientific name Arctodus simus) was an unusually long-legged, short-bodied animal with a short face and broad muzzle. Usually viewed to be highly predatory, Arctodus simus would have been the most powerful predator of the American Ice Age.
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