short-faced bear
arctodus simus latin

Giant short-faced bears and giant ground sloths go extinct.

Spectacled bears are the last remaining representatives of the short-faced bears, and...

These animals included camels, mammoths, the giant short-faced bear and numerous other species.

The other short-faced bears are now extinct.

In any case, the American maned lion, the dire wolf, the short-faced bear and the saber-toothed cat no longer exist.

Arctodus simus, the short-faced bear, is a candidate for a possible source of this legend.

Local wildlife included short-faced bears, bison, musk oxen, saber teeth, and giant ground sloths.

These were preyed upon by predators like short-faced bears, saber-toothed cats, lions, and wolves.

A large amount of blood spilled can be smelled by other nearby predators, including the large short-faced bear and dire wolf.

Thus it was smaller than its contemporary competitor for prey, the giant short-faced bear, which was the largest carnivoran of North America at the time.