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  2. Arctodus - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Tremarctinae - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Arctotherium - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. A sinkhole in South Dakota is packed with mammoth fossils ...

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    Excavators have discovered bits and pieces of coyotes, prairie dogs, llamas, extinct camels, and even the near-complete skeleton of a short-faced bear. Short-faced bears were enormous animals that ...

  6. Spectacled bear - Wikipedia

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    The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the South American bear, Andean bear, Andean short-faced bear or mountain bear and locally as jukumari (Aymara and Quechua [3]), ukumari or ukuku, is a species of bear native to the Andes Mountains in northern and western South America.

  7. File:Arctodus Simus, Hot Springs, South Dakota.jpg - Wikipedia

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  8. Tremarctos - Wikipedia

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    Tremarctos is a genus of the monophyletic bear subfamily Tremarctinae, endemic to Americas from the Pliocene to recent. The northern species, the Florida short-faced bear, became extinct 11,000 years ago. [1] The sole living Tremarctos species is the South American spectacled bear.

  9. Two Andean bear brothers make their public debut at ...

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    A pair of Andean bear brothers are the newest animals at the Potawatomi Zoo and join Muniri, the 9-year-old Andean bear, in the recently opened exhibit.