Bear

For other meanings, see Bear (disambiguation).

Classification

• Family Ursidae
• Subfamily Ailuropodinae
• Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca
• Dwarf Panda, Ailuropoda minor (extinct)
• Subfamily Tremarctinae
• Spectacled Bear, Tremarctos ornatus
• Florida Cave Bear, Tremarctos floridanus (extinct)
• Giant Short-Faced Bear, Arctodus simus (extinct)
• Short-Faced Bear, Arctodus pristinus (extinct)
• Brazilian Short-Faced Bear, Arctotherium brasilense (extinct)
• Argentine Short-Faced Bear, Arctotherium latidens (extinct)
• Subfamily Ursinae
• Brown Bear, Ursus arctos
• American Black Bear, Ursus americanus
• Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus
• Asiatic black bear, Ursus thibetanus
• Ursus thibetanus formosanus
• Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus
• Urus thibetanus japonica
• Ursus thibetanus laniger
• Ursus thibetanus mupinensis
• Ursus thibetanus thibetanus
• Ursus thibetanus ussuricu
• Auvergne Bear, Ursus minimus (extinct)
• Etruscan Bear, Ursus etruscus (extinct)
• European Cave Bear, Ursus spelaeus (extinct)
• Atlas Bear, Ursus crowtheri (extinct)
• Sloth Bear, Melursus ursinus
• Subspecies Sri Lankan sloth bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus)
• Subspecies Indian sloth bear (Melursus ursinus ursinus)
• Sun Bear, Helarctos malayanus
• Subspecies Boreno sun bear (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus)

The genera Melursus and Helarctos are sometimes included in the genus Ursus. The Asiatic black bear and the polar bear used to be placed in their own genera, Selenarctos and Thalarctos.

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A number of hybrids have been bred between black, brown and polar bears (see ursinae hybrids).

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