Tremarctos floridanus
| Tremarctos floridanus Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Late Pleistocene
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| T. floridanus skeleton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Genus: | Tremarctos |
| Species: | †T. floridanus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1902
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| Synonyms | |
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Arctodus floridanus Gidley 1902 Tremarctos mexicanus Stock 1902 | |
Tremarctos floridanus is an extinct species of short-faced bear from North America. Its fossils have been largely found throughout the Southeastern United States and Mexico from the Late Pleistocene, and from earlier epochs at some sites in western North America. T. floridanus became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene.