Who is the "King" of the bears?

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A long read about the habitat structure and feeding habits of giant short-faced bears and Agriotherium:

Ecomorphology of the giant short-faced bears Agriotherium and Arctodus

   

Also, notice how the condylobasal skull length of both these bears are quite similar. This must mean that, relative to skull size, the Agriotherium with the 465.0 mm skull was lighter than the Arctodus with the 463.0 mm skull, since Arctodus's skull was smaller in proportion to body size. In US units, and according to the corresponding table, the aforementioned Agriotherium skull length would be a tiny bit more than 18.5".

This is only based off of skull length, not humeral length/width or femur length/width. Reply