Cave Bear Animal Pictures
Ursus spelaeus and Ursus deningeri
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A Cave Bear skull (Ursus Spelaeus) from the Carpathian Mountains in Romania
Cave bear teeth were 1.5 to 1.75 inches long.
Cave bear - Ursus spelaeus - skeleton
Cave bears were primarily vegetarian, though there is fossil evidence that they resorted to resorted to cannibalism to stay alive when food was scarce.
Fossilized cave bear paw on white background
Cave bears looked much like modern bears and walked on all four paws.
3D illustration of Cave Bear Ursus Spelaeus
There were two species of cave bear, both of which were the size of modern Kodiak and polar bears.
