FAMILY URSIDAE

[ur' suh dE] bears

Spectacled Bear
Tremarctos ornatus; the only bear native to South America

Black Bear
Ursus americanus

Brown Bear
Ursus arctos; aka grizzly bear; the largest of all living carnivores

Kodiak Bear
Ursus arctos middendorffi

Polar Bear
Ursus maritimus