Bears of the Pleistocene

[GrizzlyClaws]

(04-10-2018, 02:32 AM)Spalea Wrote: @brotherbear :

About #302: Andean Bear, Giant Panda and the Short Faced Bear belong to the same lineage ? They also have a extremely strong jaws ? Intereseting because they share this special feature above their diet: 100% vegetarian as concerns the giant panda, omnivorous for the Andean bear, 100% meat-based for the short-faced bear.

Perhaps too as you say, the short-faced bear was a "vocal" bear ? But how would we be able to know, determine, that ?

Maybe the Giant Panda belongs to the tribe of Ailuropodini of the subfamily Tremactinae, whereas the Andean bear and Short-Faced bear belong to the tribe of Tremactini of the same subfamily.

BTW, the lineage of Ailuropodini remained in the old world, whereas the lineage of Tremactini migrated to the new world. Reply