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The Mexican grizzly bear ( Ursus arctos horribilis, formerly Ursus arctos nelsoni) is an extinct population of the grizzly bear in Mexico . The holotype was shot by H. A. Cluff at Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua, in 1899. [2] The extinct California grizzly bear extended slightly south into Baja California. The bears in Durango, Chihuahua, Sonora and ...
The California grizzly bear ( Ursus arctos californicus [3] ), also known as the California golden bear, [4] is an extinct population of the brown bear, [5] generally known (together with other North American brown bear populations) as the grizzly bear. "Grizzly" could have meant "grizzled" – that is, with golden and grey tips of the hair ...
Tremarctinae. The Tremarctinae or short-faced bears is a subfamily of Ursidae that contains one living representative, the spectacled bear ( Tremarctos ornatus) of South America, and several extinct species from four genera: the Florida spectacled bear ( Tremarctos floridanus ), the North American giant short-faced bears Arctodus ( A. pristinus ...
Arctodus is an extinct genus of short-faced bear that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene (~2.5 Mya until 12,800 years ago). There are two recognized species: the lesser short-faced bear ( Arctodus pristinus) and the giant short-faced bear ( Arctodus simus ). Of these species, A. simus was larger, is known from more complete remains ...
Castoroides. Castoroides (Latin: "beaver" (castor), "like" (oides) [2] ), or the giant beaver, is an extinct genus of enormous, bear-sized beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. Two species are currently recognized, C. dilophidus in the Southeastern United States and C. ohioensis in most of North America.
Rosenmüller, 1794. The cave bear ( Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum . Both the word cave and the scientific name spelaeus are used because fossils of this species were mostly found in caves.
† - A species that is globally extinct * - A species that is known to have been introduced by humans and was never present by natural immigration. Some animals have gone extinct several times and then recolonized. The date given is of the most recent extinction. Species that have been introduced or reintroduced by humans are noted. Mammals
There are two main ways to join the pip watch: Visit Friends of Big Bear Valley's website, friendsofbigbearvalley.org, and open the Eagle Nest tab to view the 24/7 live stream, as well as read up ...