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On the Web
- AnimalWeb - Site introduces taxonomy terms and has a definition for each (phylum, sub-phylum, class, order, family and species); under the Ursidea (bear) family a page for each species is provided.
- Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) - Images, brief facts, and range map for this species.
- Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) - Description, including geographic range, physical characteristics, and natural history.
- Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) - Description, image, and information about natural history.
- Grizzly Bears - Fact sheet about biology, ecology, and conservation status of Ursus arctos, from the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology, British Columbia.
- Sierra Club Grizzly Bear Ecosystems Project - Working to protect and restore wild grizzly populations in the lower forty-eight United States and Canada.
- Shadow of The Bear - Photos and information about the Kodiak brown bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi.
- Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee - United States government group leading the recovery of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) in the lower 48 states. Research activities, newsletters, bear safety advice, and online training to learn to identify different bear species in the wild.
- Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) - Information from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
- Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) - ThinkQuest - Discusses grizzly bear appearance, habitat, feeding, hibernation and reproduction.
Wikipedia Articles
- Bear - Bears (family Ursidae) are large mammals in the order Carnivora. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives.
- Ursid hybrid - An ursid hybrid is an animal with parents from two different species or subspecies of the Ursidae (bear) family. Species and subspecies of bear known to have produced offspring with another bear species or subspecies include brown bears, black bears, grizzly bears and polar bears, all of which are members of the Ursus genus.
- Formosan Black Bear - The Formosan Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus formosanus, or Selenarctos thibetanus formosanus), also known as the white-throated bear, is a wild black bear and a subspecies of the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus). The animals are endemic to Taiwan and are the largest animals and only bears (Ursidae) that can be found on the island.
- Bear (disambiguation) - A bear is a large mammal in the family Ursidae of the order Carnivora.
- Bear dog - Bear dogs (amphicyonids) are extinct Carnivoran mammals of the family Amphicyonidae, also known as bear-dogs. While the Amphicyonidae have traditionally been viewed as closely related to the Ursidae (bears), some evidence suggests that they may instead be basal caniforms.