Steppe brown bear

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Ursus arctos priscus. The Pleistocene European brown bear ( Steppe bear ) - 2200 pounds.

2200 pounds (avoirdupois) is equal to 997.90 kilograms.


Land of the biggest ever Ursus Bear: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Steppe

The Eurasian Steppe, also called the Great Steppe or the steppes, is the vast steppe ecoregion of Eurasia in the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome. It stretches from Romania and Moldova through Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, and Mongolia to Manchuria, with one major exclave, the Pannonian steppe or Puszta, located mostly in Hungary.[1]

Since the Paleolithic age, the Steppe route has connected Eastern Europe, Central Asia, China, South Asia, and the Middle East economically, politically, and culturally through overland trade routes. The Steppe route is a predecessor not only of the Silk Road which developed during antiquity and the Middle Ages, but also of the Eurasian Land Bridge in the modern era. It has been home to nomadic empires and many large tribal confederations and ancient states throughout history, such as the Xiongnu, Scythia, Cimmeria, Sarmatia, Hunnic Empire, Chorasmia, Transoxiana, Sogdiana, Xianbei, Mongols, and Göktürk Khaganate

.....https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Ursus-arctos-priscus

Pleistocene Steppe Brown Bear

Ursus priscus (Ursus priscus (GOLDFUSS, 1818))

Ursus arctos priscus

Pleistocene brown bear

Steppe brown bear

Order: Carnivora

Family: Ursidae

Dimensions: length - 2,9 m, height - 160 сm, weight - 300-1000 kg

Temporal range:the Late Pleistocene - Holocene of Europe

1000 kilograms is equal to
2,204.62 pounds (avoirdupois)

160 centimeters is equal to
62.99 inches

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pubag.nal.usda.gov/catalog/6341526

Steppe brown bear Ursus arctos “priscus” from the Late Pleistocene of Europe
Author:
Marciszak, Adrian, Schouwenburg, Charles, Lipecki, Grzegorz, Talamo, Sahra, Shpansky, Andrey, Malikov, Dmitriy, Gornig, Wiktoria
Source:
Quaternary international 2019
ISSN:
1040-6182
Subject:
Pleistocene epoch, Ursus arctos, carnivores, climatic factors, cold, diet, steppes, teeth, Europe, North Sea
Abstract:
The steppe brown bear U. a. “priscus” is constant but not a common member of the Late Pleistocene paleocommunities. It is not distinct arctoid species, but a large brown bear ecomorph which lived in open environments. Instead to speleoid bears, which disappeared ca. 26-24 ka BP, arctoid bears, thanks to their ecological plasticity, were present in most of the European areas even during the cold phases. The size and diet of these bears were modified under the climate conditions and food availability.U. a. “priscus” cannot be distinguished genetically, but it differs metrically and morphologically. It was a big sized form with enlarged and broad cheek teeth. Late Pleistocene brown bears, especially those lived before the LGM were more carnivorous than the Holocene and recent brown bear. The steppe brown bear survived till the beginning of the Holocene, where the last relict populations lived around the Baltic and the North Sea decreasing in size and merging genetically with widely distributed Eurasian populations of U. a. arctos.
Agid:
6341526

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