Atlas bear

Atlas bear
Probable Atlas bear in Roman mosaic

Extinct (1870)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species:
Subspecies:
U. a. crowtheri
Trinomial name
Ursus arctos crowtheri
Schinz, 1844

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.

  1. ^ McLellan, B.N.; Proctor, M.F.; Huber, D.; Michel, S. (2017) [amended version of 2017 assessment]. "Ursus arctos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T41688A121229971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T41688A121229971.en. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. ^ Bryden, H. A. (ed.) (1899). Great and small game of Africa Rowland Ward Ltd., London. Pp. 544–608.
  3. ^ Schaller, p. 220–21.