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Not closely. Bears and cats (and dogs and people and horses) are mammals, and may have evolved from common ancestors 60 million years ago, shortly after the asteroid impact that caused the extermination of the dinosaurs.
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∙ 14y agoIt isn't. It's a member of the Ursine family.
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∙ 9y agoSome bear and cat species may share common mannerisms, but other than both being members of the Carnivora clade of mammals, they are not related in any way.
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∙ 13y agoNo, but bears, dogs, cats, hyenas, red pandas, raccoons, civets, mongooses, and mustelids are all part of the order Carnivora.
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∙ 13y agoYes. They Are.
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Bears dogs cats belong in this category?
mammals
How are big cats related to house cats?
They are related to house cats because they are both in the cat family and if you research it they do things regular house cats do.
Are dogs related to bears?
Dogs & bears are in the same order, Carnivora, but different families (dog is Canidae, bear is Ursidae). According to this classification dogs & bears are no more related to each other than each is to cats (order Carnivora, family Felidae). Some taxonomists classify creatures into intermediate classifications, such as "suborders" & "suprafamilies" & such. According to some, the order Carnivora contains the suborder Feliformia (cat-like) & Caniformia. Suborder Caniformia contains the family Canidae & the infraorder Arctoidae. Infraorder Arctoide contains the superfamily Ursoidae, which contains the family Ursidae (bears) & the extinct bear-like family Hemicyonidae. All of this is trying to say that bears & dogs are more closely related to each other than to cats, but not quite in the same family.
Are cats related to dinsaurs?
NO. cats are not reptiles they are furry.
Are cats related to dogs?
No, they a different species. However, since they are both mammals, in the phylogenetic sense they are related.
Are cats related to bears?
Cats are only related to bears in the sense that they are both mammals. Cats are from the genus family Felidae, where as bears are from the genus family Ursidae.
Are bears related to bats?
no bears are not birds so their not related to birds
Are pandas and cats the same?
Panda bears are actually more closely related to raccoons, and both of them are related to bears. They are only distantly related to cats, and they are all related to each other by the fact that they are all mammals.
Do polar bears like cats?
no the polar bears don't like cats.
To what are polar bears related?
polar bears are related to bears.
What wild cats are stronger than bears?
Mature wild cats are stronger than young bears.
Do humans eat polar bears or cats?
polar bears
What category do bears dogs and cats belong in?
They are all mammalsBears and dogs are omnivores whilst cats are carnivoresDogs are canines, cats are felines and bears are ursine.
Are bears related to weasels?
no weasels and bears are not related
Are bears really cats?
NO WAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW COULD YOU THINK THAT NO WAY OF COURSE BEARS ARE NOT CATS!!!!!! THEY ARE NOT ANYTHING LIKE EACH OTHER
Do bears lick their babies clean like cats?
It depends on what kind of bears. Some types of bears do.
Are polar bears related to any other animals on earth?
Polar bears are closely related to grizzly bears, black bears, brown bears, sloth bears, etc.
