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| image_caption = A 1.6 m tall ''[[Arctodus simus]]'' next to a 1.8 m human.
| image_caption = A 1.6 m tall '[Arctodus simus'' next to a 1.8 m human.
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
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Revision as of 06:22, 19 July 2008

Arctodus
A 1.6 m tall '[Arctodus simus next to a 1.8 m human.
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Leidy, 1854
Species
Arctodus pristinus
Arctodus simus

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

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

See also