Bear
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A polar bear.
A bear is a large furry mammal. All bears are omnivores, even those which eat a mostly meat diet (polar bears) or a mostly plant diet (pandas). There are eight generally recognized extant species of bears:
- Polar Bear - lives in the Arctic maritime region and hunts (primarily) seals.
- Brown Bear - also known as the grizzly bear. Subspecies include the Kodiak bear and the European brown bear. Lives in temperate forested regions of North America, Europe, and Asia.
- American Black Bear - smaller than the grizzly, and lives in North America. Subspecies include the Kermode bear which lives in British Columbia.
- Asiatic Black Bear - a brown bear species lives in Asia.
- Giant Panda - lives in China and eats a plant diet of bamboo.
- Spectacled Bear - a small bear which lives in South America.
- Sloth Bear - lives in South Asia and eats termites.
- Sun Bear - a small bear which lives in Southeast Asia.