Tremarctos is a genus of the bear subfamily Tremarctinae, endemic to Americas from the Pliocene to recent. The northern species, the Florida short-faced bear, became extinct 11,000 years ago. The sole living Tremarctos species is the South American spectacled bear. Species †Tremarctos floridanus - Florida short-faced bear Tremarctos ornatus - spectacled bear References Bears Mammal genera Mammal genera with one living species Taxa named by Paul Gervais Extant Pliocene first appearances Fossil taxa described in 1855