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What is a panda related to?

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Pandas are in the Family Ursidae, and are considered true bears. There seems to be some misinformation floating around the web that pandas are more closely related to raccoons than bears. Although scientists first thought this was the case, it is not considered true anymore. read more

Several different lines of argument now clearly point to giant pandas being most closely related to bears. In addition to Davis' arguments about anatomy, panda hair (Dziurdzik et al), and lots of molecular studies say giant panda is a bear. read more

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