Anarctos

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The Bear Lion is an advanced species of Neoursid from "temperate" parts of the supercontinent Afroeurasia (Africa, Europe, and Asia joined together) some 47 million years AD. The global climate has rapidly cooled due to the gradual lowering of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and wind currents, leading to an event known as the "New Pleistocene." The Bear Lions have scaled their body size up to the height of a man and have thickened their fur, giving up their slender and agile bodies in favor of insulation. Their claws have lost the ability to retract, being worn down while walked on. Bear Lions have ultimately switched from a fisher niche to a scavenger niche along their evolutionary line, thriving off of the high number of carcasses left behind from unfortunate animals that freeze in the harsh blizzards. As of the "New Pleistocene" event, the Bear Lions are still widespread even as they have competition with the larger azhdarchid-sized Giant Padded Vulture, Ephippitavis figidus.

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