Atlas Bear
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| Atlas Bear Conservation status: Extinct (1840s) | ||||||||||||||
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| Ursus crowtheri Schinz, 1844 |
The Atlas Bear (Ursus crowtheri), was Africa's only native bear. Once inhabiting the Atlas Mountains from Morocco to Libya, the animal is now thought to be extinct. The last known specimen was probably killed by hunters in northern Morocco in the 1840s.
