cave bear
Prehistoric European mammal
A cave bear is an extinct species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene epoch, disappearing roughly 24,000 years ago.
Named for the numerous fossils found in caves, where they hibernated and often died.
Cave bears were comparable in size to the largest modern bears but had more vegetarian diets.
Large brown bear subspecies
- omnivoreEats plants and animals
- hibernationProlonged winter dormancy
- clawsAnimal gripping nails
- furAnimal body hair
den · predator · mammal · snout · paws · foraging · herbivorous · plantigrade
Ancient glacial geological period
- Ice AgeExtended global freeze
- megafaunaSpecies over 44 kilograms
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- QuaternaryLast 2.6 million years
disappeared · woolly mammoth · sabertooth · mastodon · dire wolf · giant sloth · die-off · extinction event
Small scenic cavern
- denPrivate room or lair
- shelterProtected place or structure
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- stalactiteHanging cave mineral deposit
underground · darkness · rock art · Lascaux · hibernaculum · karst · subterranean
Study of ancient organisms
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- skullHead's bone casing
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
stratigraphy · carbon-dating · specimen · museum · reconstruction · mineralized · deposit · fossilized remains
grizzly
Large brown bear subspecies
- omnivoreEats plants and animals
- hibernationProlonged winter dormancy
- clawsAnimal gripping nails
fur · den · predator · mammal · snout · paws · foraging · herbivorous · plantigrade · solitary
Pleistocene
Ancient glacial geological period
Quaternary · disappeared · woolly mammoth · sabertooth · mastodon · dire wolf · giant sloth · die-off · extinction event · climate change
grotto
Small scenic cavern
stalactite · underground · darkness · rock art · Lascaux · hibernaculum · karst · subterranean
paleontology
Study of ancient organisms
sediment · stratigraphy · carbon-dating · specimen · museum · reconstruction · mineralized · deposit · fossilized remains · tooth
enormous
Extremely large in scale
towering · robust · heavyweight · bulky · muscular · powerful · stocky · broad · formidable · imposing
- prehistoric mammalsmammoth, mastodon, woolly mammoth, saber-toothed cat, dire wolf
- cavescaves, caverns, grotto, grottos, grottoes
- Ice Ageice age, mammoths, saber-tooth cat, mammoth, woolly mammoth
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- Bearsbears, polar, giant panda, grizzly, cub
- Extinct Animalsdinosaur, dinosaurs, tyrannosaurus, dodo, mammoth
cave bearbrown bear
Large tan-furred omnivore
polar bear · American black bear · grizzly bear · sun bear · giant panda
bear, cave, bearing, excavate, bearable, bearings, cavern, excavation, excavator