Giant Short Faced Bear (Arctodus simus)

[GrizzlyClaws]

(11-04-2019, 04:08 AM)Roberto Wrote:

(11-03-2019, 11:07 PM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote: Ursus ingressus versus Actotherium angustidens is surely going to be an interesting matchup.

Since the former one got the longest recorded skull in the bear history at 57.14 cm, whereas the later one got shorter skull but maybe more robust and compact in comparison?

Maybe Arctotherium angustidens was anatomically built like its North American cousin which also possessed longer lanky limbs for the accustomization of roaming in the open grassland of South America.

well Ursus ingressus, which has now changed to Ursus kanivetz, was the most bearish of all bears. The cave bears were probably the most robust and strongest of any bear in history pound for pound. The cave bear definitely was a better grappler than Angustidens as it is proven that those less robust, long fragile back limbs of the short faced bears did not enable them to be good grapplers. But aside from all that, Angustidens was the largest bear in history and at max weights, taking into consideration that one 3500 lb specimen found in Buenos Aires, it could had been double the weight of the cave bear so that there would have enable it to definitely win.

If we take account about the specimen with the 57 cm skull, maybe it could manage to reduce the size gap with Arctotherium angustidens, and put a good fight against the larger opponent, although the larger SF bear would still likely end up as the victor.

About the robusticity, I'd say the Cave bear triumphs in the criteria like torso and limbs, and the SF bear got proportionally broader/shorter and more robust skull. Reply