Atlas bear (Ursus arctos crowtheri) Mosaic of the extinct atlas bear.
Date Roman mosaic, so clearly PD.
Source http://www.cryptozoology.com/cryptids/images/nandibear01.jpg
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlasbear.jpg
The name Atlas bear (Ursus arctos crowtheri) has been applied to an extinct population or populations of the brown bear in Africa. The Cantabrian brown bear likely was introduced to Africa from Spain by the Romans who imported Iberian bears for spectacles.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species: Ursus arctos
Subspecies: Ursus arctos crowtheri Schinz, 1844
