< Dichotomous Key
| Ursidae | |
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| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Subclass | Placentalia |
| Order | Carnivora |
| Suborder | Caniformia |
| Family | Ursidae |
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| Parent key: Carnivora |
| Suborders |
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| Caniformia - Feliformia |
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1
- Food
- Exclusively herbivorous - #3: Ailurinae
- At least partly omnivorous #2
2
- Masseteric fossa on the lower jaw divided by a bony septum into two fossae
- Present - #4: Ursus
- Not present - Tremarctos ornatus
3
- Diet
- Exclusively bamboo - Ailuropoda melanoleuca
- Varies - Ailurus fulgens
4: Ursus
- Hump of muscle over shoulder
- Present - Ursus arctos
- Not present - #5
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5
- Fur color
- White - Ursus maritimus
- Other coloration - #6
6
- Leg direction while walking
- Turned inward - Helarctos malayanus
- Forward - #7
7
- Time of activity
- Nocturnal - Melursus ursinus
- Diurnal - Ursus americanus
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