Ursus etruscus
| Ursus etruscus Temporal range:
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| Fossils | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Subfamily: | Ursinae |
| Genus: | Ursus |
| Species: | †U. etruscus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ursus etruscus Cuvier, 1823
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Ursus etruscus, the Etruscan bear, is an extinct bear species that was native to Eurasia during the Early Pleistocene, living from approximately 2.2 million to around 1.4–1.2 million years ago. It is widely thought to be the ancestor of the living brown bear (Ursus arctos) and the extinct cave bears.