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Turns out, polar bear teeth are not “hardly different” – their back teeth are distinctly more carnassial (for ripping meat, not grinding) than those of their ursid (bear family) cousins.

More On Ham's Creation Museum, Tyrannosaur Teeth And The Scientific Process Christopher O'Brien 2007

Turns out, polar bear teeth are not “hardly different” – their back teeth are distinctly more carnassial (for ripping meat, not grinding) than those of their ursid (bear family) cousins.

Archive 2007-05-01 Christopher O'Brien 2007

While the red panda is considered a procyonid, the mainstream view now is that the giant panda is indeed a bear, although it diverged from the main ursid line long enough ago to exhibit some striking differences in addition to the enlarged radial sesamoid, such as chromosome number, skull anatomy, and other traits.

The Panda's Thumb has Evolved ... Twice! - The Panda's Thumb 2006

The spectacled bear is thought to be the next split off the main ursid line, and it too has some interesting differences–number of chromosomes and placental structure, just to name a couple.

The Panda's Thumb has Evolved ... Twice! - The Panda's Thumb 2006

Its body, however, bulked at least twice as large as that of the unborn ursid.

The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

Now open your eyes and gaze into the twin flick­ering iPhone screens worn on this sen­tient mound of stereo­scopic wires and microfi­bred debris gath­ered by a kid robot and shaped into a familiar ursid that's trying to start a thing with you.

girlpants Joel 2010

The lynched ursid swings back and forth as a grisly (grizzly?) reminder to any passing bears that they remain just one torn-stitch away from an ignominious future.

Londonist 2009