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What is the best bear species?

by YPB Team

Eight living species, and six of them are on the threatened list. Size, teeth and diet all point to different winners.

  1. Polar Bear — ranked #11
    Polar Bear
    The largest land carnivore on earth, a sea-ice hunter that can pass 1,500 pounds.
    1000pts
  2. Giant Panda — ranked #22
    Giant Panda
    A bear that gave up meat for bamboo and became the world's most recognisable conservation symbol.
    643pts
  3. Sun Bear — ranked #33
    Sun Bear
    The smallest bear, a Southeast Asian tree-climber with a tongue long enough to raid deep honeycombs.
    500pts
  4. Asiatic Black Bear — ranked #44
    Asiatic Black Bear
    The moon bear, named for the pale crescent across its chest, found from Iran to Japan.
    423pts
  5. Sloth Bear — ranked #55
    Sloth Bear
    A shaggy Indian termite specialist that vacuums insects out of mounds through a gap in its front teeth.
    423pts
  6. Spectacled Bear — ranked #66
    Spectacled Bear
    South America's only bear, marked by pale rings around the eyes and living high in the Andes.
    333pts
  7. Grizzly Bear — ranked #77
    Grizzly Bear
    The North American brown bear, a salmon-fishing omnivore that can put on four pounds a day before hibernation.
    227pts
  8. American Black Bear — ranked #88
    American Black Bear
    The most numerous bear on the planet, and the one most North Americans actually meet.
    227pts

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There are eight living species of bear, and six of them are in trouble: https://youpick.best/articles/bear-ranked-many-ways

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