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The spectacled bear is the last remaining short-faced bear. Its closest relatives are the extinct Florida spectacled bear, and the giant short-faced bears of the Middle to Late Pleistocene age. Spectacled bears are the only surviving species of bear native to South America, and the only surviving member of the subfamily Tremarctinae.

Similar species: Carnivorans
Species identified by Joe Spandrusyszyn
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By Joe Spandrusyszyn

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Uploaded Dec 9, 2015. Captured in 1 Conservation Pl, Syracuse, NY 13204, USA.
  • f/6.3
  • 1/160s
  • ISO800
  • 0.00735294mm