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Lesser Short-faced Bear

Arctodus pristinus

Extinct

Where it is recorded

United States210
South Carolina3
Pennsylvania2
West Virginia2
New Jersey2
Maryland2
New Mexico1
Kansas1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderCarnivorans · Carnivora
FamilyBears · Ursidae
GenusNorth American Short-faced Bears · Arctodus

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Remember the name next time.

Practise Lesser Short-faced Bear with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.