#short-faced bear

[hybridfauna]

Pleistocene animal skulls in a bubbling tar pit! Featuring a Columbian Mammoth, Smilodon, Dire Wolfs, Short-Faced Bear, and Camelops. The horns are from the Long-Horned Bison and Dwarf Pronghorn. All of them are extinct species that have been excavated out of the La Brea Tar Pits.

[novashadowart]

Some paleoart / Ignition of Muuor concept art I drew for a school assignment in 2022! I still enjoy the pelt rendering of these guys (Cave hyena, (generic) Hyaenodon, Irish Elk, arctodus, and wooly mammoth!)

[bonesthedestroyeroflegos]

Artober Day 1: A half hour sketch of the short-faced bear (Arctodus simus). I ran out of time before I got to the jaw, whoops.

[hazel-drawthorne]

Huevember #20

Short-Faced Bear (Arctodus genus)

Estimated Extinction Date: 12,800 years ago

Found in North America, these bears were among the largest terrestrial carnivorans to exist!

[starbear36768]

forced myself to draw a bit. Liked this guy.

unedited sketchbook page \/

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Arctodus (Arctodus simus)

(Photo from La Brea Tar Pits)

Conservation Status- Extinct

Habitat- North America

Estimated Size (Weight/Length)- 950 kg; 3 m

Diet- Large mammals; Leaves; Fruits; Carrion

Time Period- Late Pleistocene

Cool Facts- Being possibly the largest terrestrial carnivore in North America, Arctodus was an absolutely massive bear that would put a grizzly to shame. Preferring open woodland, these massive bears are comparable to a long legged, short snouted grizzly as tall as an average man. Able to eat almost anything, the flexible range of the Arctodus speaks for itself. Arctodus was most likely solitary and hibernated through the winter, due to multiple skeletons being found in caves. Surprisingly, Arctodus was around at the same time modern grizzly and black bears roamed. Being much larger, Arctodus was seemingly a better competitor. At least, that is until climate change and humans killed off their main food source and resulted in the large bears going extinct.

Rating- 11/10 (Not your average Yogi.)

[deathsmallcaps]

Short-Faced Bears

This post reminded me of what I not-so-affectionately call The Stilt Bear

I dislike it so much. It looks like if someone tried to stretch out a koala but fucked up. I literally wrote a story that featured it as an antagonist. Here’s the quote:

Standing tall, with legs like stilts and a face like an 80s puppet, it was clear that this animal was meant for running and for killing.

For the record their faces really do remind me of a muppet. Like dear god. Your nose is so fucked up.

For the record I appreciate the paleoartists who tried to make this guy. I’m sure you guys tried be as thoughtful as possible while maintaining veracity to both the skeleton structure and the reasonable amounts of fat and floofiness it would have on its body. I just hate this bear.

[roosaurusrin]

Smilodon, Bison latifrons, and Arctodus from Sam Noble