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Short-faced bear skeleton (cast), Arctodus simus

Royal Ontario Museum

Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada

Common Name: Short-faced bear skeleton
Scientific Name: Arctodus simus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Image Number: ROM2007_9476_2

Description:
The extinct bear Arctodus was the largest land carnivore in North America during the Ice Ages. It was also larger than any living bear. Its teeth indicate that it was a meat-eater, while its long, slender legs suggest that it was a running animal - a formidable predator. Presumably it fed on large plant-eating mammals such as horses or camels, and when these species disappeared about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, so did Arctodus.

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  • Title: Short-faced bear skeleton (cast), Arctodus simus
  • Location: Alaska, USA
  • Physical Dimensions: 2.91m long x 1.31m wide x 1.44m high
  • Period: Late Pleistocene, 28 000 years old
  • Accession Number: 55367
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