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recognized species: the
lesser short-faced bear (
Arctodus pristinus) and the
giant short-faced bear (
Arctodus simus). Of
these species, A.
simus was larger...
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Middle Pleistocene, both
Arctodus and
Arctotherium gave way to new forms;
Arctodus pristinus gave way to the huge
Arctodus simus,
which inhabited a pan-continental...
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genetically closer to the
spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), than to
Arctodus of
North America,
implying the two
extinct forms evolved large size in...
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under the
Tremarctinae subfamily, with the
other genera, Plionarctos,
Arctodus, and
Arctotherium all
being extinct. †Tremarctos florid**** -
Florida short-faced...
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relation though still much
smaller than the
fellow Tremarctinae bear
Arctodus.
Arctodus was a
contemporary of and
shared its
habitat with T. florid****. Despite...
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barstowensis (16–13 Mya) P.
ursinus (16–13 Mya)
Subfamily Tremarctinae Genus Arctodus (short-faced bear)† (2.2–0.012 Mya) A.
pristinus (lesser short-faced bear)...
- are the
extinct Tremarctos florid****, and the
giant short-faced
bears (
Arctodus and Arctotherium),
which became extinct at the end of the
Pleistocene around...
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Along with
other large bears such as the cave bear, short-faced
bears Arctodus and Arctotherium, and an
extinct subspecies of the
modern polar bear Ursus...
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lived during the same
period as the
giant and
lesser short-faced
bears (
Arctodus simus and A. pristinus, respectively) and the
Florida spectacled bear (Tremarctos...
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probably the
direct ancestor to the
North American short-faced
bears (genus
Arctodus), the
South American short-faced
bears (Arctotherium), and the spectacled...
