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Pleistocene Mammals in the Midwest

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Carnivores

Canids

Canis dirus from Megenity Peccary Cave, southern Indiana. On display at the Indiana State Museum.   Dire Wolf
Gray wolf (Canis lupus)   Gray Wolf

Felids

American lion, Panthera atrox   American Lion
Jaguar   Jaguar
Mountain Lion, captured by remote camera   Mountain Lion
Smilodon fatalis, Sabertoothed cat   Sabertoothed cats
Skull cast of a scimitar-toothed cat, Homotherium serum, Friesenhahn Cave, Bexar County, TX.    Scimitar Cat

Mustelids

Short-tailed weasel   Ermine
Fisher at night   Fisher
Least Weasel   Least Weasel

Ursids

American Black Bear   Black Bear
Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos)   Grizzly Bear
Arctodus simus, Short-faced bear   Short-faced Bear

This material is based in part on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1050638. 

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The Mammoths and Mastodont Project Team gratefully acknowledges their support.

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