Florida Cave Bear
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| Tremarctos Flordianus Fossil range: Pleistocene |
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| †Tremarctos flordianus |
Florida Cave bears are a species of extinct bear that lived during the Pleistocene, similar to the European species of cave bears. The Florida cave bear was widely distributed south of the continental ice sheet, along the Gulf Coast across Florida and north to Tennessee, and across the southern United States to California. They were about 30% bigger than their closest relative the Brown Bear. They had steeper foreheads than the Brown Bear. It was an omnivore that ate grass, herbs, berries and occasionally small animals. They're considered to be relatives of the Short-faced bear. They became extinct at the end of the last ice age due to climate change and hunting by The First people of the Americas.
