Huracan (mammal)
Extinct genus of bears / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Huracan is an extinct genus of agriotheriin ailuropodine from the Neogene period. Fossils were found from North America and Eastern Asia. Unlike its modern relative the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), which is a bamboo specialist, Huracan was a hypercarnivorous genus of bear that had adaptations for cursoriality.
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Huracan | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Ursidae |
Tribe: | †Agriotheriini |
Genus: | †Huracan Jiangzuo et al., 2023 |
Type species | |
†Agriotherium schneideri Sellards, 1916 | |
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