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Ursavus elemenis and the grizzly bear were found to be related by their fossil records.
North American Brown Bear/Grizzly Bear (Ursus Arctos Horribilis)

North American Brown Bear/Grizzly Bear (Ursus Arctos Horribilis)

Natural Habitat

Natural Habitat

North America

Canada, United States (usually Alaska), and Mexico

Northern Eurasia

Russia, Central Asia, China, Scandinavia, the Carpathian region (favouring Romania), and Caucasus

Behaviour

Behaviour

Not completely territorial. Bears are even seen sharing food* when there is little food to go around.

*For example, salmon streams

*For example, salmon streams

Females take care of cubs for 2-3 years

Need to eat a lot in summer for hibernation

Great memory

Highly intelligent

Relationships

Relationships

Mutualism

Bears and plants.
The bears eat the plants then later poop the seeds out. Then the seeds will start growing.

Predator/prey

Bears and salmon.
It is no surprise that grizzly bears benefit from this relationship. The salmon not so much. Grizzly bears get around to eating salmon before they reproduce. This is a bad thing right now due to the fact the other species - humans - are also eating a large portion of salmon.

Parasitism

Bears and lice.
In this relationship the lice benefit because they have a giant food source, the bears are irritated and itchy. This relationship benefits the lice only.

Commensalism

Bears and humans.
Humans could go camping near a bears habitat. Usually bears would eat the trash that humans leave out.

Evolution

Biographical

Family Tree:
Ursavus Elemenis
|
Protursus
|
Auvegne Bear
|
Etruscan Bear
|
Grizzly Bear

DNA

Looking at the family tree.
By doing this we can see the differences and similarities.

Fossil

Past grizzly bear skeleton

Past grizzly bear skeleton

Past vs Future In the past grizzly bears had a thicker skull. In the present grizzly bears have a more flat skull.

Past vs Future
In the past grizzly bears had a thicker skull.
In the present grizzly bears have a more flat skull.

Diet

Diet

Omnivores

Deer,
elk,
fish,
dead animals,
insects

Due to environment change, some grizzly bears eat cattle and sheep

Seeds,
berries,
roots,
grass,
fungi

Appearance

Appearance

Concave faces

Hump on shoulder*

Claws (2-4 inches long)*

*Due to these triats grizzly bears have amazing digging abilities

Fur can be a light cream colour to black.

(Standing) 8 feet tall

Large nostrils to help with smelling out prey

Grizzly Bears have a better sense of smell than blood hounds.

Reproduction

Reproduction

Sexually mature when 4 or 5 years old

Litter size: 1-4 cubs

Sub-alpine meadows,
dense forests, open plains, and Arctic tundra

Grizzly Bears can live up to 22-26 years

Due to little food resources bears are forced to do things that bears wouldn't normally do.
In Alaska, some bears break into people's homes looking for food.
Some bears in Russia do eat humans because their natural food source is dying off.

Abiotic

The bear and climate.
The climate could change and the bear is forced to change with it.

Biotic

Selective pressures could lead to evolution.

The ice age. Grizzly bears became omnivores - because their original food (meat) was dying off - and started to hibernate in this time period.

Present

Present