Ursus deningeri

Ursus deningeri
Temporal range:
Skeleton of Ursus deningeri at Musée de Préhistoire de Tautavel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Subfamily: Ursinae
Genus: Ursus
Species:
†U. deningeri
Binomial name
†Ursus deningeri
von Reichenau, 1904
Subspecies
  • Ursus deningeri hundsheimensis

Zapfe, 1946

  • Ursus deningeri suevicus

Koby, 1951

  • Ursus deningeri romeviensis

Prat and Thibault, 1976

Ursus deningeri (sometimes called Deninger's bear) is an extinct species of bear native to Eurasia from the late Early Pleistocene to the Middle Pleistocene. It is the earliest member of the cave bear lineage and is widely agreed to be the ancestor of later cave bears.

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