How many species of bear are there?
There are eight living bear species: the American black bear, brown bear, polar bear, Asiatic black bear, sloth bear, sun bear, spectacled bear, and giant panda.
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What is the smallest bear?
The sun bear of Southeast Asia is the smallest bear species and has an extremely long tongue for slurping honey and insects out of trees.