Bear
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Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms within the suborder Caniformia. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in
Plithocyon armagnacensis skull, a member of the extinct subfamily Hemicyoninae from the Miocene
Life restoration of Arctotherium bonariense
Fossil of the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), a relative of the brown bear and polar bear from the Pleistocene epoch in Europe
Tremarctinae
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The Tremarctinae or short-faced bears is a subfamily of Ursidae that contains one living representative, the spectacled bear of South America, and several extinct species from four genera: the Florida
Skeletal reconstruction of Arctodus simus.