Tremarctos floridanus Gidley, 1928
Florida cave bear, Florida spectacled bear, Florida short-faced bear (rarely)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Arctodus floridanus Gidley, 1928; Tremarctos mexicanus Stock, 1950
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c. 9,000 BC
Distribution
Calfironia, Florida and Tennessee, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Stock, Chester. (1950). Note on a Hyænarctid Bear from the Middle Pliocene of Chihuahua, Mexico. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 49(1): 1-2.