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[DanielExtinct2Bc]

Arctotherium American short-faced bears within Ursidae. Their ancestors migrated from North America to South America during the Great American Interchange, following the formation of the Isthmus of Panama during the late Pliocene. Its large size has been attributed to increased competition from other, later-arriving or evolving carnivorans, such as jaguars, Protocyon or Smilodon, following the early dispersal of short-faced bears to South America.[4] The North American carnivorans that invaded South America, including short-faced bears and Smilodon, probably quickly dominated the predatory niches formerly occupied by the native typical South American groups such as metatherian

[MonstersHunters]

 

I enjoy the idea for a Short Faced Bear species in Ark and just like many other creatures, Arctotherium has a lot of potential. It could present a new threat or mindset towards players on PVE and PVP servers and could present new solutions or methods towards resource gathering, protection, insulation or etc. Arctotherium could maybe even have a new type of taming process, different temperament and could be drastically different from that of the Dire Bear (in appearance and in abilities). I'm bring up the Dire Bear as an idea that could be applied to Arctotherium is similar to the concept behind theropod dinosaurus such as the Yutyrannus and Tyrannosaurus Rex, Gigantosaurus and Allosaurus or the Spinosaurus and Baryonyx, which happen to all be two distinctly different creatures and species in the game, but happen to be related and in the same Family (in this case for Arctotherium, Ursidae).

(Also from one of the images you are displaying, Arctotherium and Arctodus are two different genus and species of Short faced Bear)
 

Overall, this is an interesting concept.