Xenosmilus hodsonae vs. Grizzly Bear

[dinosauria101]

Xenosmilus hodsonae

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Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Length: 1.8 meters
Mass: 190 kg
Diet: Large herbivores
Age and Location: 1 million years ago, Pleistocene epoch, North America
Killing apparatus: Precision oriented cutting jaws, manual and pedal claws
One of the most unusual machairodonts due to having features of scimitars and machairodontines. Very robust forelimbs.

Grizzly Bear - Ursus arctos horribilis

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Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Length: 1.9 meters
Mass: 220 kg
Diet: Plants and animals
Killing apparatus: Generalist jaws, manual claws
One of the largest land predators in North America. Has been known to kill herbivores 2-3 times larger, but also eats lots of plant matter.

[DonaldCengXiongAzuma]

The Xenosmilus has greater grappling skills and more robust limbs than other big cats and even the brown bear. The grizzly bear, however, has a shorter backbone (which replaces strength in the place of speed), longer claws (while not as sharp, they dig deeper), and more flexible forearms (better grappling abilities). The grizzly beat takes this slightly at weight parity.

[dinosauria101]

I give my vote to the bear too at parity - more robust, a better grappler, and more durable I would imagine.
Though the fight would be very fierce

[brobear]

Xenosmilus was probably extinct before the arrival of the Pleistocene grizzly. But a good fight. I would wager on the bear.

[6f5e4d]

This fight is won by the bear, having a weight advantage and being stronger than Xenosmilus.

[Infinity Blade]

I've decided to do a little research, and as it turns out, U. arctos never resided in Florida, even in post-glacial times (map of distribution->) or before (Paleobiology Database page->). So far, Xenosmilus remains have only been uncovered in Florida (Paleobiology Database page->).

As such, I have moved this thread to 'hypothetical'.

[DonaldCengXiongAzuma]

American black bears do reside in Florida and is said to have displaced the Florida Spectacled bears. These bears might have come in contact with the Xenosmilus hodsonae.