nevadensis (Macdonald, 1959)[2] Indarctos is an extinct genus of bear, endemic to Africa, North America, Europe and Asia during the Miocene.

A molar (designated to MNA 1839/km-83) discovered from the Karabulak formation in 1988 was tentatively assigned to Indarctos sp.

Based on the resemblance of its forelimbs to those of the modern brown bear, it possibly had similar locomotor adaptations.

Evolutionary features such as this led to the migration of Indarctos-like bears into North America.

At the end of the Late Miocene, Indarctos punjabiensis went extinct as the last species of its genus.

In Kazakhstan, the species I. punjabiensis is known from the Karabulak formation which dates to 6.3–6.5 Ma (Late Miocene).

It coexisted with three mustelids (Martes sp., Promeles sp., Plesiogulo crassa Teilhard), three feliforms (Adcrocuta eximia, Hyaenictitherium hyaenoides orlovi, Amphimachairodus kurteni), four perissodactyls (Hipparion hippidiodus, H. elegans, Chilotherium sp., Sinotherium zaisanensis), and six artiodactyls (Cervavitus novorossiae, Procapreolus latifrons, Samotherium cf.