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Bear
| Bears Temporal range: Late Eocene – Recent
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| Brown bear from Kodiak, Alaska | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Infraorder: | Arctoidea |
| Family: | Ursidae G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 |
| Subfamilies | |
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†Amphicynodontinae | |
Bear are a group of large mammals found all over the world in many different habitats. They form the family Ursidae, in the suborder Caniformia of the order Carnivora. There are 8 living bear species.
- Family Ursidae: Bears
- Giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca
- Spectacled bear, Tremarctos ornatus
- Brown bear, Ursus arctos
- Polar bear, Ursus maritimus
- American black bear, Ursus americanus
- Moon bear, Ursus thibetanus or Selenarctos thibetanus
- Sloth bear, Melursus ursinus
- Sun bear, Ursus malayanus
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