Atlas bear
| Atlas bear | |
|---|---|
| Probable Atlas bear in Roman mosaic | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Subfamily: | Ursinae |
| Genus: | Ursus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †U. a. crowtheri
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Ursus arctos crowtheri Schinz, 1844
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The Atlas bear or North African bear (Ursus arctos crowtheri) is an extinct population (or populations) of brown bears native to North Africa in Algeria and Morocco and Tunisia until their extinction in 1870.