Replica Short-faced Bear Skull Type:Skull and Stand by Juan-Luis Arsuaga

by Juan-Luis Arsuaga

the photo shows the same hand from three different angles

and shrubs

Skull Length: 33cm (12

primarily feeding on grasses

Replica Short-faced Bear Skull Type:Skull and Stand by Juan-Luis ArsuagaArctodus simus (Cope 1897), which is more closely related to the Andean Bears, Tremarctos than to Ursus, have been found in several locations from Mexico to Alaska. Those specimens from Alaska, known as Arctodus simus yukonensis, are typically more robust than those specimens found in more southern latitudes. These bears were extremely large and weight estimates have been in excess of 1300 lbs. Notably, their limbs were very long and would have