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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 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), the South American giant short-faced bear ...
The last short-faced bear, and the ecological successor of A. wingei, is the spectacled bear. Arctotherium was named by Hermann Burmeister in 1879. Tremarctinae (and therefore Arctotherium ) appeared to have disproportionately shorter snouts compared to most modern bears, hence the name "short-faced" was given to them.
The Riverbluff Cave is a paleontological site discovered in the United States, near Springfield, Missouri.The entrance is filled with stalactites, stalagmites and columns. . The cave is about 830,000 years old (making it the oldest known fossil cave site in the US [1]) and 610 m long, featuring Pleistocene fossils, notably of the short-faced bear (Artcodus simus) the largest bear species on ...
[146] [147] Another huge bear was the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus), with the average weight of 625 kg (1,378 lb) and the maximum estimated at 957 kg (2,110 lb). [148] There is a guess that the largest individuals of this species could reached even larger mass, up to 1,200 kg (2,600 lb). [146]
Short-faced bears were enormous animals that stood 11 feet tall. Its remains are the most complete besides the mammoths, Jass said. But there's a reason mammoths make up most of the sinkhole's ...
Giant short-faced bear . Short-faced bears were among the largest meat-eating mammals that ever lived. When they reared up on their hind legs, they would have been about twice as tall as a full ...
A giant subspecies of the modern jaguar. The material ranges in age from 11,600 years to 28,000 years old. † Giant short-faced bear [34] [27] † Arctodus simus: At least 30 individuals Arctodus was one of the largest known carnivorans in history and belonged to the Tremarctinae, a subfamily of bears endemic