Indarctos
| Indarctos Temporal range: Miocene, | |
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| I. atticus skull, Natural History Museum of Basel | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Tribe: | †Agriotheriini |
| Genus: | †Indarctos Pilgrim, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| †Indarctos salmontanus Pilgrim, 1913 | |
| Species | |
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†I. punjabiensis (Lydekker, 1884) | |
Indarctos is an extinct genus of bear, present in Africa, North America, and Eurasia during the Miocene. It was present from ~11.1 to 5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 6.2 million years.
The oldest member is from Arizona (~11.1—7.7 Ma) and youngest is (~9.0—5.3 Ma) from Kazakhstan. In North America this animal was contemporary with Plionarctos (~10.3—3.3 Ma).