Cave Bear Teeth Collection
Cave bears are an extinct species of bear that lived about 24,000 years ago. Scientists called them to cave bears because they found the vast majority of fossils of this species in caves. Hence the scientific name, Ursus spelaeus, is the Roman word for cave. Unlike modern bear species, it is likely that cave bears spent much of their time in caves, rather than just during hibernation. Read on to learn about the cave bear.