Originally posted by Rick/Genis
I see. The Giant Panda is classified as a bear. But the common is classified in the Racoon Family. Hm...
The Bears and racoons descended from a common ancestor. Pandas are Bears. Basically though they have all the disadvantages of large bears without the advantages. Because they have a narrow mainly vegetarian diet consisting largely of bamboo shoots they don't have time for much besides eating and rubbing themselves on trees.
Not that I am an expert on bears 😖hifty:
Originally posted by The Libertine
The Bears and racoons descended from a common ancestor. Pandas are Bears. Basically though they have all the disadvantages of large bears without the advantages. Because they have a narrow mainly vegetarian diet consisting largely of bamboo shoots they don't have time for much besides eating and rubbing themselves on trees.Not that I am an expert on bears 😖hifty:
The great panda is a bear but, side note, something i'd almost forgot, i think it's called a firefox or something but people thought it was a mini panda is a Racoon. That might be why you thought what you thought Rick!
Now then why would every source I come across state that A panda, like the Koala, are not bears? I realize Panda's and Koala's shouldn't TRULY be compared (being that a Koala is a marsupial), but it doesn't change the fact that a Racoon is NOT a bear, and therefore neither is a Panda.
I'm just going by the 4 sources I've looked up.
Originally posted by Rick/Genis
Now then why would every source I come across state that A panda, like the Koala, are not bears? I realize Panda's and Koala's shouldn't TRULY be compared (being that a Koala is a marsupial), but it doesn't change the fact that a Racoon is NOT a bear, and therefore neither is a Panda.I'm just going by the 4 sources I've looked up.
Your sources are wrong
The Smithsonian
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/
San Diego Zoo
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-giant_panda.html
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