Tremarctinae

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Tremarctinae
Temporal range: late Miocene–present
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A spectacled bear in Tennōji Zoo, Osaka.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Infraclass:
Eutheria
Superorder:
Laurasiatheria
Order:
Carnivora
Suborder:
Caniformia
Family:
Ursidae
Subfamily:
Tremarctinae
Genera

†Arctodus
†Arctotherium
†Plionarctos
Tremarctos

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The Tremarctinae or short-faced bears comprise the subfamily of Ursidae containing 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 short-faced bears of genera Plionarctos (P. edensis and P. harroldorum) and Arctodus (A. pristinus and A. simus), and the South American giant short-faced bears of Arctotherium (including A. latidens, A. brasilense,[1][2] A. angustidens, A. vetustum, A. bonariense, A. tarijense, and A. wingei).[3]

Tremarctinae was assigned to Ursidae by P. R. Bjork in 1970 [4] and is one of three recognized subfamilies of Ursidae (as of 2008).[3]

See also

References

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