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[brotherbear]

(11-07-2016, 05:53 AM)Polar Wrote:

(11-07-2016, 04:04 AM)brotherbear Wrote: The Etruscan bear (Ursus etruscus) is the direct ancestor of the brownbear (Ursus arctos). The Etruscan bear ate meat and lived from about 5.3 million years ago to about 10,000 years ago. Fossils have been found in Asia, Europe and Africa. The Etruscan bear was much smaller than today's grizzly. 
 http://www.bearsoftheworld.net/ursus_etruscus.asp

I was referring to North American bears in my last post, but quite a great website with detailed info on bears, nonetheless.

I would suppose then, that three million years ago, in North America, the only bears were the black bear and the various short-faced types. 
https://www.bear.org/website/bear-pages/...ecies.html Reply