Etymology

Deninger's bear

Today it means: Ursus deningeri, an extinct species of bear, endemic to Eurasia during the Pleistocene for approximately 1.7 million years, from 1.8 to 0.1 million years ago; it is the ancestor to the later cave bear. Full definition →

taxonomic name Ursus deningeri
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  1. taxonomic name · calque ofUrsus deningeri
  2. English todayDeninger's bear

Calque of taxonomic name Ursus deningeri; named in 1904 by the German paleontologist Wilhelm von Reichenau (1847–1925) after the German geologist and paleontologist Karl Deninger (1878–1917).

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