Auvergne bear

English

Noun

Auvergne bear (plural Auvergne bears)

1. An extinct bear, Ursus minimus, which lived in Europe during the Pleistocene and Pliocene.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 140:

     The Auvergne bear, Ursus minimus, was similar to, but a little smaller than, the Asian black bear.