Atlas bear | |
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Probable Atlas bear in Roman mosaic | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Ursidae |
Genus: | Ursus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | †U. a. crowtheri
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Trinomial name | |
†Ursus arctos crowtheri Schinz, 1844
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The Atlas bear or North African bear[2][3] (Ursus arctos crowtheri) was a population (or populations) of brown bear native to North Africa that became extinct in historical times.