Euarctos optimus Shultz 1938 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Belongs to Euarctos according to Shultz 1938

Sister taxa: Ursus americanus, Ursus arctos, Ursus arvernensis, Ursus boeckhi, Ursus deningeri, Ursus dentrificius, Ursus etruscus, Ursus inopinatus, Ursus japonicus, Ursus kokeni, Ursus malayanus, Ursus maritimus, Ursus praemalayanus, Ursus priscus, Ursus spelaeus, Ursus thibetanus, Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus, Thalassarctos labradorensis, Thalassarctos spitzbergensis, Thalassarctos jenaensis, Ursus (Euarctos) vitabilis, Euarctos minimus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Euarctos optimus in the database

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