Ursus etruscus
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Ursus etruscus

Ursus etruscus (the Etruscan bear) is an extinct species of bear, endemic to Europe, Asia and North Africa during the Pliocene through Pleistocene, living from ~5.3 million to 100,000 years ago.

Appearance

Not unlike the brown bears of Europe in size, it had a full complement of premolars, a trait carried from the genus Ursavus.

Geography

References

1. Ursus etruscus Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursus_etruscus

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