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

Map of Bear species distribution

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