Ursus spelaeus (Cave Bear)

In Depth Ursus spelaeus,‭ ‬better known as the cave bear is by far one of the most common Pleistocene mammals in the fossil record,‭ ‬thanks mainly due to its behaviour of frequenting caves.‭ ‬In fact the fossils of Ursus spelaeus are so numerous that in World War I the German army used them as a … Read more

Arctodus (Short faced bear)

In Depth Further Reading – A new record of giant short-faced bear, Arctodus simus, from western North America with a re-evaluation of its paleobiology. – Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 371:1-12. – S. D. Emslie & N. J. Czaplewski – 1985. – The short-faced bear Arctodus simus from the late … Read more

Ursus arctos crowtheri a.k.a.‭ ‬Atlas bear,‭ ‬Atlas brown bear

In Depth Further Reading Further reading- Ancient DNA evidence for the loss of a highly divergent brown bear clade during historical times. – Molecular Ecology 17 (8): 1962–1970. S. Calvignac, S. Hughes, C. Tougard, J. Michaux, M. Thevenot, M. Philippe, W. Hamdine & C. Hanni – 2008.

Indarctos

In Depth        Fossils of Indarctos were first discovered in India,‭ ‬hence the genus name,‭ ‬but as time went on it was discovered that this prolific genus of bear was actually living across most of the old world continents of Africa,‭ ‬Asia and Europe,‭ ‬and even the new world continent of north America,‭ ‬especially the western … Read more