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#REDIRECT [[Tremarctinae]]
{{Merge|Arctodus simus|date=July 2008}}
{{Taxobox
| name = ''Short faced bear''
| fossil_range = [[Pleistocene]]
| image = ArctodusSimusReconstruct.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = A 1.6 m tall Short faced bear next to a 1.8 m human.
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammalia]]
| ordo = [[Carnivora]]
| familia = [[Ursidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Tremarctinae]]
| genus = [[extinction|†]]'''''[[Arctodus]]'''''
| genus_authority = [[Joseph Leidy|Leidy]], 1854
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
:†''[[Arctodus pristinus]]''
:†''[[Arctodus simus]]''
}}


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Short faced bear (Genus: ''Arctodus'') is an extinct animal of prehistoric bears of the subfamily Tremarctinae. ''[[Arctodus simus]]'', along with many other large mammals, became extinct during the [[Pleistocene]] epoch. It was preceded in time by ''A. pristinus'', an evolutionary cousin or even ancestor of ''A. simus'', proportionally shorter of leg and longer of muzzle.<ref name="Shortface">{{cite web | url = http://www.beringia.com/02/02maina4.html | title = North American Short-Faced Bear | author = Harrington, C.R. | publisher = Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre | accessdate = 2008-07-19}}</ref>

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Pleistocene megafauna]]
*[[Pleistocene extinctions]]

==External links==
*[http://www.uaf.edu/news/a_news/20041111132847.html U. of Alaska Fairbanks: P. Matheus, Ancient fossil offers new clues to brown bears past]
*[http://www.beringia.com/02/02maina4.html Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre]

{{wikispecies|Arctodus}}

[[Category:Bears]]
[[Category:Prehistoric bears]]
[[Category:Pleistocene mammals]]
[[Category:Prehistoric mammals of North America]]

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{{portal|Paleontology}}

[[fr:Arctodus]]

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