See soorce fer Beir

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{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon=Ursidae
| name=Beirs
| fossil_range={{Geological range|38|0}}Late [[Eocene]] – Recent
| image=2010-brown-bear.jpg 
| image_upright=0.9
| image_caption=[[Broun beir]] frae [[Kodiak, Alaska]]
| authority=[[Johann Fischer von Waldheim|G. Fischer de Waldheim]], 1817
| subdivision_ranks=Subfaimilies
| subdivision =
†[[Amphicynodontinae]]<br>
†[[Hemicyonidae|Hemicyoninae]]<br>
†[[Ursavini|Ursavinae]]<br>
†[[Agriotheriinae]]<br>
[[Ailuropodinae]]<br>
[[Tremarctinae]]<br>
[[Ursinae]]
}}
'''Beirs''' are [[carnivora]]n [[mammal]]s o the [[faimily (biology)|faimily]] '''Ursidae'''. Thay are clessifee'd as [[caniformia|caniforms]], or duglik carnivorans. Awtho anly aicht [[speshies]] o beirs are livin, thay are widespread, bidin in sindry [[habitat]]s ootthrou the [[Northren Hemisphere]] an pairtially in the [[Soothren Hemisphere]]. Beirs are foond in [[North Americae]], [[Sooth Americae]], [[Europe]], an [[Aisie]]. Common chairactereestics o modren beirs include muckle bouks wi stocky legs, lang snoots, smaw roond lugs, shaggy hair, [[plantigrade]] paws wi five nonretractile claws, an short tails.

While the [[polar beir]] is maistly [[carnivore|carnivorous]], an the [[giant panda]] feeds awmaist entirely on [[bamboo]], the remeenin sax species are [[omnivore|omnivorous]] wi varied diets. Wi the exception o [[coortin]] individuals an mithers wi thair young, beirs are teepically [[solitar ainimals]]. Thay mey be [[diurnality|diurnal]] or [[nocturnal]] an hae an excellent [[olfaction|sense o smell]]. Despite thair hivy big an ackwart gait, thay are adept runners, climmers, an soummers. Beirs uise shelters, sic as caves an logs, as thair dens; maist species occupy thair dens in the winter for a lang period o [[hibernation]], up tae 100 days.

Bears hae been huntit syne [[prehistoric]] times for [[beir meat|thair meat]] an fur; thay hae been uised for [[beir-baitin]] an ither forms o enterteenment, sic as bein [[tame beir|made tae dance]]. Wi their pouerfu pheesical presence, thay play a prominent role in [[the airts]], [[meethologie]], an ither cultural aspects o various human societies. In modren times, beirs hae come unner pressur throu encroachment on thair habitats an illegal tred in beir pairts, includin the Asie [[bile bear]] mervat. The [[Warld Conservation Union|IUCN]] leets sax beir speshies as [[vulnerable species|vulnerable]] or [[endangered species|endangered]], an even [[least concern]] species, sic as the [[broun beir]], are at risk o [[Local extinction|extirpation]] in certain kintras. The poachin an internaitional tred o thir maist threatened populations are prohibitit, but still ongaein.

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