Tremarctos
Tremarctos is a genus of the bear subfamily Tremarctinae, endemic to Americas from the Pliocene to recent. The northern species, the Florida short-faced bear, was extinct 11,000 years ago.[1] The sole living Tremarctos species is the South American spectacled bear.
| Tremarctos Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent, | |
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| Spectacled bear, Tremarctos ornatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Subfamily: | Tremarctinae |
| Genus: | Tremarctos Gervais, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Tremarctos ornatus Cuvier, 1825 | |
| Species | |
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†Tremarctos floridanus (Gildey, 1928) | |
Species
- † Tremarctos floridanus - Florida short-faced bear
- Tremarctos ornatus - spectacled bear
References
- B. Kurten & E. Anderson (1980): Pleistocene mammals of North America, pp 1-442. Columbia University Press
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