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How do you know that the polar bear and grizzly bear are more closely related to each other than the giant panda?
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∙ 11y ago
Just by looking at the genus name of the animal. The Genus and species name of the Giant Panda is Ailuropoda melanoleuca, whereas the Genus and Species name of the Polar bear and Grizzly bear are Ursus maritimus and Ursus arctos horribilis, respectively. All three species of bears, however, are all a part of the Family Ursidae.
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