The bear family: large, heavily built carnivores with a stocky body, short tail and, in most species, an omnivorous diet ranging from vegetation and insects to fish and large mammalian prey. Ursidae includes the polar bear, the largest living land carnivore.
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ11788, descriptionView the Source 2. Catalogue of Life
Wikidata: Ursidae
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