Step 1 : Introduction to the question "3. Not quite cute and cuddly, there are only eight living species of bear. To which family do these territorial animals belong?"
...1. Ursavus 2. Ursus 3. Ursidae 4. Ailuropoda All bears, including the panda, polar and grizzly, belong to the Ursidae family. Of the eight living species only one is mainly herbivorous - the panda. It has teeth and digestive tract similar to that of carnivorous bears and will eat eggs, fish and meat if they are available. The polar bear is mainly carnivorous and the other six species have highly-varied, omnivorous diets. Ursus refers to the genera of bears including brown, polar and black bears. Ailuropoda contains five species of giant pandas, and Ursavus includes an extinct genus of bears living from approximately 23-5.3 million years ago.
