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Ursavini

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Caniformia

Family
  
Ursidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Carnivores

Class
  
Mammalia

Superfamily
  
Arctoidea

Subfamily
  
Ursinae

Rank
  
Tribe

Similar
  
Carnivores, Indarctos, Hemicyonidae, Agriotherium, Ursavus

Ursavini is an extinct tribe of mammals of the family Ursidae (bears) endemic to North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia during Miocene through Pliocene, living from ~23—2.5 Ma, existing for approximately 20.5 million years.

Ursavini was assigned to Ursinae by Hunt (1998) and Jin et al. (2007) and includes the genera Agriotherium and Ursavus.

References

Ursavini Wikipedia