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    the lesser short-faced bear (Arctodus pristinus) and the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus). Of these species, A. simus was larger, is known from more...
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    Middle Pleistocene, both Arctodus and Arctotherium gave way to new forms; Arctodus pristinus gave way to the huge Arctodus simus, which inhabited a pan-continental...
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  •  240. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9. Christiansen, P. (1999). "What size were Arctodus simus and Ursus spelaeus (Carnivora: Ursidae)?". Annales Zoologici Fennici...
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    Subfamily Tremarctinae Genus Arctodus (short-faced bear)† (2.2–0.012 Mya) A. pristinus (lesser short-faced bear) (2.2–0.3 Mya) A. simus (giant short-faced bear)...
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    polecat (Mustela eversmanii; extirpated) (C) Various bear (Ursidae) spp. Arctodus simus (C) Florida spectacled bear (Tremarctos floridanus) (C) South American...
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    angustidens, Arctodus underwent the opposite transformation, transitioning from the medium-sized A. pristinus to the gigantic A. simus by the end of...
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    lived during the same period as the giant and lesser short-faced bears (Arctodus simus and A. pristinus, respectively) and the Florida spectacled bear (Tremarctos...
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    Tremarctinae (short-faced bears) – including the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus). The only surviving member of the group is the spectacled bear (Tremarctos...
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     217. ISBN 1-84028-152-9. Per Christiansen (1999). "What size were Arctodus simus and Ursus spelaeus (Carnivora: Ursidae)?". Annales Zoologici Fennici...
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    (1 February 2018). "On the association of giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) and brown bear (Ursus arctos) in late Pleistocene North America". Geobios...
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