Back دب الأطلس Arabic دب الاطلس ARZ Rupol (Ursus arctos crowtheri) AVK Atlas ayısı Azerbaijani Атласкі мядзведзь Byelorussian Атласка мечка Bulgarian Os bru de l'Atles Catalan Medvěd atlaský Czech Atlasbär German Αρκούδα του Άτλαντα Greek
| Atlas bear | |
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| Probable Atlas bear in Roman mosaic | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Genus: | Ursus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †U. a. crowtheri
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Ursus arctos crowtheri Schinz, 1844
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The Atlas bear or North African bear[2][3] (Ursus arctos crowtheri) was a population (or populations) of brown bear native to North Africa that became extinct in historical times.
- ^ McLellan, B.N.; Proctor, M.F.; Huber, D.; Michel, S. (2017) [amended version of 2017 assessment]. "Ursus arctos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T41688A121229971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T41688A121229971.en. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Bryden, H. A. (ed.) (1899). Great and small game of Africa Rowland Ward Ltd., London. Pp. 544–608.
- ^ Schaller, p. 220–21.
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