Preserved, Ice Age Bear uncovered (1 Viewer)

[Andy Adcock]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54160645

 

[Farnboro John]

Impressive stuff. I'd have thought if it is a Brown Bear from only about 20K years ago, its pretty much just a Brown Bear?

John

 

[Nutcracker]

Impressive stuff. I'd have thought if it is a Brown Bear from only about 20K years ago, its pretty much just a Brown Bear?

John

Cave Bear Ursus spelaeus still existed then, so that's a possibility too :t:

 

[Farnboro John]

Cave Bear Ursus spelaeus still existed then, so that's a possibility too :t:

Yes, but the local scientists have already expressed the opinion that it is an ancient Brown Bear. I'm not quite sure what a Cave Bear is: has it been recently referred to as Short-faced Bear (which looks quite different from Brown Bear) or is that something else again?

John

 

[Nutcracker]

The wikipedia article on Cave Bear mentions this specimen (Taxonomy, paragraph 3), citing the original research papers on it (refs. 4, 5, 6), which call it a Cave Bear :t:


Short-faced bears (2 species) are a separate genus, from N America.

 

[THE_FERN]

The wikipedia article on Cave Bear mentions this specimen (Taxonomy, paragraph 3), citing the original research papers on it (refs. 4, 5, 6), which call it a Cave Bear :t:


Short-faced bears (2 species) are a separate genus, from N America.

The largely arboreal and vegetarian Andean spectacled bear is the last surviving short-faced bear...

 

[Farnboro John]

The wikipedia article on Cave Bear mentions this specimen (Taxonomy, paragraph 3), citing the original research papers on it (refs. 4, 5, 6), which call it a Cave Bear :t:


Short-faced bears (2 species) are a separate genus, from N America.

Thank you very much, I had a look around at lunchtime and thoroughly enjoyed the chase from Cave Bear to Short-faced Bear then Dire Wolf and Cave Hyena. Some great pix seen too as a result of the links!

John