Research article
Mitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and extant bears near the Miocene-Pliocene boundary
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* Corresponding author: Michael Hofreiter hofreite@eva.mpg.de
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:220 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-220
Map of distribution of Cave Bears in Suppl. file
Aurora Grandal-d'Anglade (2008-10-23 16:23) Universidade da Coruña
I regret that in Fig. Suppl. 1b the authors did not extend the distribution of the Cave Bear 'Ursus spelaeus' until the Iberian Peninsula, where the westernmost site were found (Eirós, Triacastela, Lugo). All the Cantabrian mountains in the N of the Iberian Peninsula are full of caves with cave bear remains; the southernhmost cave with this species is El Reguerillo, in Patones (Madrid).There are also several sites in the mediterranean coast (Such as El Toll, in Moià, Barcelona).
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