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Bears are any of a family Ursidae of the order
Carnivora.
Bear Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
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Other Names:
Bear in Foreign Languages:
Afrikaans: beer
Albanian: ari / ariu
Arabic: dubb
Armenian: arj
Belarusian: mjadzvédz’
Bengali: bhaluk
Bulgarian: mecok / mecka
Burmese: wet-wun
Catalan: ós
Cherokee: yonv / yona
Cornish: arth
Cree: maskwa
Crimean Tatar: ayuv
Czech: medved
Danish: bjørn
Dutch: beer/ berin
Esperanto: urso
Estonian: karu
Faroese: bjørn
Finnish: karhu / otso / mesikämmen
French: ours
Georgian: dat'vi
German: Bär
Gothic: baira
Greek: arkoúda / árktos
Greenlandic: nanoq
Hebrew: deba / debo
Hindi: bhaalo / bhalu
Hopi: jhoonaw
Hungarian: medve
Icelandic: björn
Indonesian: beruang
Inuktitut: atiqpuq
Irish: béar donn / mathúin
Italian: orso
Japanese: kuma
Korean: gom
Kurdish: hirç
Latin: ursus / ursa
Latvian: lacis
Lithuanian: lokys / meška
Low German: Bår
Luxembourgish: Bier
Macedonian: mécka
Malay: beruang
Maltese: ors / debb
Mandarin: xióng
Mongolian: baavgai
Navajo: shash
Old English: bera
Old Irish: art / mathgamain
Old Turkic: adig
Persian: xers
Polish: niedzwiedz / niedzwiedzica
Portuguese: urso
Romanian: urs
Russian: medvéd’ / medvédica
Sardinian: ursu / ùssulu
Scottish Gaelic: mathan
Slovakian: medved
Slovenian: medved / medvedka
Spanish: oso
Swahili: dubu
Swedish: björn
Tagalog: oso
Tajik: xirs
Thai: mii
Turkish: ayi
Turkmen: aýy
Ukrainian: vedmíd'
Urdu: balu
Uzbek: ayiq
Welsh: arth
West Frisian: bear
Yiddish: ber
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Species: There are a 8 known species of bears.
The 8 living species of bear include: Asiatic Black
Bear, Black Bear, Brown Bear, Polar Bear, Panda Bear
, Sloth Bear, Spectacled Bear and Sun Bear.
Habitat: Bears live all over the world, they
are not however found in Antarctica or Australia. Their
habitats range from tundra to dense rainforests and
high mountains.
Description: Bears have massive bodies, coarse
heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary
tails. Bears are covered with thick fur, which protects
them in the severe cold that most species encounter
in their habitats. The polar bear, brown bear, and American
black bear have solid color coats. The sun bear, sloth
bear, spectacled bear, and Asiatic black bear have dark
coats with light patterns on the chest and face.
Diet: Bears are omnivores, the eat both plants
and meat. The exact make up of their food prefences
varies from species to species.
Senses: Bears have an acute sense of smell and
a natural curiosity.
Life Span: Most species of bears have an average
life span of about 25 years.
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