Bear

Bears; Temporal range: Late Eocene – Recent
	Brown bear from Kodiak, Alaska
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Infraorder:	Arctoidea
Family:	Ursidae; G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Subfamilies
	†Amphicynodontinae; †Hemicyoninae; †Ursavinae; †Agriotheriinae; Ailuropodinae; Tremarctinae; Ursinae

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