Post by Admin on Sept 19, 2013 11:32:30 GMT
The Bear Almanac - Second Edition:
Ursus deningeri - Deninger's bear existed during the middle Pleistocene Epoch. It preceded, but was closely related to, Ursus spelaeus ( cave bear ), though without the size and heaviness of the cave bear. It was more rangy and slighter in build than the present-day grizzly and Kodiak bears.
Ursus spelaeus - The European cave bear is one of the best-known ice age mammals. It inhabited mountainous and hill regions in the area of present-day Germany, France, and Russia and lasted in Europe and Russia for two ice ages. Its head was very large, with a broad, domed skull and steep forehead; it had small eyes, upward-opening nostrils, and a grinding jaw. The body was stout, with long, short, massive shins; and large in-turned feet; the large bones close in structure to those of the grizzly bear. Males weighed up to 400 kilograms ( 880 pounds ). The cave bear was a specialist, a distinct herbivore, considerably more a browser than a predator. Ursus spelaeus was hunted and worshiped by Neanderthal man and has been found in burial positions.
Ursus deningeri - Deninger's bear existed during the middle Pleistocene Epoch. It preceded, but was closely related to, Ursus spelaeus ( cave bear ), though without the size and heaviness of the cave bear. It was more rangy and slighter in build than the present-day grizzly and Kodiak bears.
Ursus spelaeus - The European cave bear is one of the best-known ice age mammals. It inhabited mountainous and hill regions in the area of present-day Germany, France, and Russia and lasted in Europe and Russia for two ice ages. Its head was very large, with a broad, domed skull and steep forehead; it had small eyes, upward-opening nostrils, and a grinding jaw. The body was stout, with long, short, massive shins; and large in-turned feet; the large bones close in structure to those of the grizzly bear. Males weighed up to 400 kilograms ( 880 pounds ). The cave bear was a specialist, a distinct herbivore, considerably more a browser than a predator. Ursus spelaeus was hunted and worshiped by Neanderthal man and has been found in burial positions.