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Arctodus brasiliensis Lund, 1838

Brazilian short-faced bear

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Arctotherium brasiliense Lund, 1838

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

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References

Soibelzon, Leopoldo H., Tonni, Eduaro P. and Bond, Mariano. (2005). The fossil record of South American short-faced bears (Ursidae, Tremarctinae). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 20(1-2): 105-113. [Abstract]

Trajano, E. and Ferrarezzi, H. (1995). A fossil bear from northeastern Brazil, with a phylogenetic analysis of the South American extinct Tremarctinae (Ursidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(4): 552-561. [Abstract]

 

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