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The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. Both the word cave and the scientific name spelaeus are used because fossils of this species were mostly found in caves.
Bears' Cave received its name after the 140 cave bear skeletons which were discovered on the site in 1983. [1] The cave bear, also known as Ursus spelaeus, is a species of bear which became extinct during the Last Glacial Maximum, about 27,500 years ago.
Ursus ingressus was a large cave bear with massive, bulky limbs. It was larger than Ursus spelaeus, which has been estimated to weigh an average of 350 to 600 kg (770 to 1,320 lb) (male specimen). [2] [3]
Articles relating to the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) and its remains. It is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. Both the word cave and the scientific name spelaeus are used because fossils of this species were mostly found in ...
Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae that includes the widely distributed brown bear, [3] the polar bear, [4] the American black bear, and the Asian black bear. The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear. [5] [6]
Bear worship is the religious practice of the worshipping of bears found in many North ... (Ursus spelaeus) and bear bones have been discovered in several cave sites ...
†Ursus kudarensis Baryshnikov, 1985; Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 – polar bear †Ursus minimus (Devèze & Bouillet, 1827) †Ursus pyrenaicus (Depéret, 1892) †Ursus rossicus Borissiak, 1930 †Ursus sackdillingensis Heller, 1955 †Ursus savini (Andrews, 1922) †Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller, 1794 – cave bear
Cave wolf (Canis lupus spelaeus) Dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) [42] Dholes. European dhole (Cuon alpinus europaeus) Sardinian dhole (Cynotherium sardous) Arctoidea. Various Ursus spp. Steppe brown bear (Ursus arctos "priscus") [43] Gamssulzen cave bear (Ursus ingressus) [44] Pleistocene small cave bear (Ursus rossicus) Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus)