Tremarctinae

Spectacled Bear ( Tremarctos ornatus )

The short snout bears ( Tremarctinae ) are a subfamily of bears. The short snout bears were previously spread across North and in northern South America. Today, they are as the short-faced bear ( Arctodus simus ) and Tremarctos floridanus largely extinct. The short snout bears presented with the occurring in Argentina in the mid- Pleistocene kind Arctotherium angustidens whose representatives a weight of 1.6 to 1.7 t reached, one of the largest known species of bears.

Only one kind of eyeglasses or Andean bear ( Tremarctos ornatus ), has survived to this day.