Natural History: A large Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) Southern Ural Mountains^ Pleistocene recently mounted in upright pose 253cm overall Cave bears were comparable in size to the largest bears today^ a large male could weigh 6-800 KG. The name is derived from the fact that their remains are found in caves^ presumably because they hibernated in caves and lacking any natural predators mortality during hibernation would have been a significant cause. Interestingly Cave bears were almost exclusively vegetarian and this is reflected in their dentition. They died out around 24^000 years ago so it is unlikely man had much of an impact on them as the human population in Europe at that time was very small. Their range was from Britain in the West to the Ural Mountains in the East.
Natural History: A large Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) Southern Ural Mountains^ Pleistocene recently mounted in upright pose 253cm overall Cave bears were comparable in size to the largest bears today^ a large male could weigh 6-800 KG. The name is derived from the fact that their remains are found in caves^ presumably because they hibernated in caves and lacking any natural predators mortality during hibernation would have been a significant cause. Interestingly Cave bears were almost exclusively vegetarian and this is reflected in their dentition. They died out around 24^000 years ago so it is unlikely man had much of an impact on them as the human population in Europe at that time was very small. Their range was from Britain in the West to the Ural Mountains in the East.
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