Tremarctinae

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Tremarctinae is a subfamily of bears that includes the living spectacled bear and several extinct short-faced bears of the Americas.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tremarctinae canonical 2
Arctotherium 1
Tremarctos 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bear subfamily
taxonomic subfamily
class Mammalia
commonName short-faced bears
contains only living short-faced bear species
containsOnlyExtantBearSpecies Tremarctos ornatus
linked to: Andean bear
diet omnivorous
distinguishedFromOtherBearsBy cranial morphology and facial shortening
distinguishingFeature adaptations for powerful bite
deep snout
relatively short and broad skull
extantRepresentativeCommonName spectacled bear
extantRepresentativeScientificName Tremarctos ornatus
linked to: Andean bear
extantSpeciesCount 1
extinctMembersGeographicRange North America
South America
extinctMembersTemporalRange Pleistocene
linked to: Pleistocene epoch
fossilRange Miocene to Recent
geographicDistribution Americas
habitatOfExtantRepresentative Andean cloud forests
higherClassification Ursidae
includesExtantSpecies Tremarctos ornatus
includesExtinctGenera Arctodus
Arctotherium
Plionarctos
includesTaxon Arctodus
linked to: Ursus

Arctotherium
linked to: Tremarctinae

Plionarctos
Tremarctos
linked to: Andean bear

Tremarctos ornatus
linked to: Andean bear
kingdom Animalia
largestKnownMembers Arctodus simus
linked to: Arctodus

Arctotherium angustidens
linked to: Arctotherium
membersAre New World bears
namedAfterTypeGenus Tremarctos
notableExtinctMember Arctodus simus
linked to: Arctodus

Arctotherium angustidens
linked to: Arctotherium
order Carnivora
paleoecology included some large omnivorous to hypercarnivorous species
parentTaxon Ursidae
phylum Chordata
relatedTo Ailuropodinae
linked to: Ailuropoda

Ursinae
suborder Caniformia
taxonRank subfamily

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ursidae hasMember Tremarctos ornatus
linked to: Tremarctinae
Ursidae hasSubfamily Tremarctinae
Ursinae includesTaxon Tremarctos
linked to: Tremarctinae
Tremarctinae includesTaxon Arctotherium
linked to: Tremarctinae
Andean bear subfamily Tremarctinae