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{{Taxobox | name = Arctodus | image = ArctodusSimusReconstruct.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = A 1.6 m tall Arctodus simus next to a 1.8 m human. | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | ordo = Carnivora | familia = Ursidae | subfamilia = Tremarctinae | genus = Arctodus | genus_authority = Cope, 1897 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =

[[Arctodus simus (extinct)

Arctodus pristinus (extinct)

}}

Arctodus is an extinct genus including two species 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.^[1]

References

^ Harrington, C.R. "North American Short-Faced Bear". Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. Retrieved 2008-07-19.

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[Shortface-1] Harrington, C.R. "North American Short-Faced Bear". Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. Retrieved 2008-07-19.

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+{{Taxobox
-'''''Arctodus''''' is an extinct genus including two species of prehistoric bears of the subfamily [[Spectacled Bear|Tremarctinae]]. ''[[Arctodus simus]]'', along with many other large mammals, became extinct during the [[Pleistocene]] epoch; it was closely preceded by ''[[Arctodus pristinus|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 | work = Harrington, C.R| publisher = Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre| accessdate = 2008-07-19}}</ref>
+| name = ''Arctodus''
+| image = ArctodusSimusReconstruct.jpg
+| image_width = 240px
+| image_caption = A 1.6 m tall ''[[Arctodus simus]]'' next to a 1.8 m human.
+| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
+| classis = [[Mammalia]]
+| ordo = [[Carnivora]]
+| familia = [[Ursidae]]
+| subfamilia = [[Spectacled Bear|Tremarctinae]]
+| genus = '''''[[Arctodus]]'''''
+| genus_authority = [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1897
+| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
+| subdivision =
+:''[[[[Arctodus simus]]'' (extinct)
+:''[[Arctodus pristinus]]'' (extinct)
+}}
+'''''Arctodus''''' is an extinct genus including two species of prehistoric bears of the subfamily [[Spectacled Bear|Tremarctinae]]. ''[[Arctodus simus]]'', along with many other large mammals, became extinct during the [[Pleistocene]] epoch. It was preceded  in time by ''[[Arctodus pristinus|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==
-*[[New World Pleistocene extinctions]]
 *[[Pleistocene megafauna]]
+*[[Pleistocene extinctions]]
 ==External links==