Which species of bear is the largest?
It depends on who you ask and what you mean by “largest”, but the general concenus is that the polar bear is the “largest”. It is a close call, but the polar bear is generally considered the largest bear on Earth. A close second is the brown bear, specifically the Kodiak bear. The Kodiak is a subspecies of the brown bear native to Alaska. The consensus among experts is that the polar bear is the largest, but some believe the Kodiak bear to be larger. Part of the dissension comes from the vagueness of the word “largest.” The answer really depends on how “largest” is defined – Heaviest? Longest? Largest ever recorded? A comparison of the average measurements of the polar and brown bear: Average Weight of Mature Male: Polar-900-1,500 pound /Brown-500-900 pounds Average Length of Mature Male Polar 8-8.4 feet/Brown 7-10 feet However, the heaviest bear ever recorded was indeed a brown bear at 2,500+ lbs. The heaviest recorded polar bear came in at around 2,210 lbs. Another entry (wikipedia.c
