Indarctos

Indarctos; Temporal range: Miocene,
	I. atticus skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Tribe:	†Agriotheriini
Genus:	†Indarctos; Pilgrim, 1913
Type species
	†Indarctos salmontanus; Pilgrim, 1913
Species
	†I. punjabiensis (Lydekker, 1884); †I. zdanskyi (Qiu & Tedford, 2003); †I. sinensis (Zdansky, 1924); †I. vireti (Villalta & Crusafont, 1943); †I. arctoides (Deperet, 1895); †I. anthracitis (Weithofer, 1888); †I. salmontanus (Pilgrim, 1913); †I. atticus (Weithofer, 1888); †I. bakalovi (Kovachev, 1988); †I. lagrelli (Zdansky, 1924); †I. oregonensis (Merriam et al., 1916); †I. nevadensis (Macdonald, 1959)

Indarctos is an extinct genus of bear, endemic to North America, Europe and Asia during the Miocene. It was present from ~11.1 to 5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 6.2 million years.

The oldest member is from Arizona (~11.1—7.7 Ma) and youngest is (~9.0—5.3 Ma) from Kazakhstan. In North America this animal was contemporary with Plionarctos (~10.3—3.3 Ma).

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