Hamdine W, Thévenot M, Michaux J
Laboratoire d'ornithologie et ecologie des vertébrés, Institut d'agronomie, université de Tizi-Ouzou, Algérie.
C R Acad Sci III. 1998 Jul;321(7):565-70. doi: 10.1016/s0764-4469(98)80458-7.
Bones of the brown bear (Ursus arctos, mammalia, Carnivora) found in a cave of the Akouker massif (Djurdjura, Algeria) have been dated according to the 14C method as belonging to the historical times (420-600 A.D.). The bone and teeth measurements correspond to a small-sized animal, the smallest ever found in the Maghreb. A review of fossil bears in the Quaternary faunas of North Africa clearly shows that the area of distribution, which was initially wide, shrank at the end of the Upper Pleistocene. The bears had temporarily taken to mountainous areas difficult to access. The bone remains discovered up to now prove that the brown bear was represented by individuals or populations showing a large diversity of size.
在阿库克尔地块（阿尔及利亚朱尔朱拉）的一个洞穴中发现的棕熊（ Ursus arctos，哺乳纲，食肉目）骨骼，经碳-14方法测定，属于历史时期（公元420 - 600年）。骨骼和牙齿测量结果显示这是一只小型动物，是在马格里布地区发现的最小的棕熊。对北非第四纪动物群中化石熊的综述清楚地表明，其分布区域最初很广，但在上新世末期缩小了。这些熊暂时进入了难以到达的山区。到目前为止发现的骨骼遗骸证明，棕熊曾有个体或种群呈现出大小的巨大差异。
