Short-faced bear
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Short-faced bears belong to the Tremarctinae subfamily of bears. There is one living representative, the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) of South America. Extinct members include Arctodus, Arctotherium, Plionarctos and the Florida spectacled bear (Tremarctos floridanus). Of these, the giant short-faced bears (Arctodus simus and Arctotherium angustidens) may have been the largest ever predators in the Americas.
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Short-faced bear | |
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Spectacled bear, Arctodus simus and Arctotherium bonariense | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Ursidae |
Subfamily: | Tremarctinae Merriam & Stock, 1925 |
Genera | |
†Plionarctos |
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