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Are giant pandas classified as bears or as raccoons?

April 26, 2017bears Classified giant pandas raccoons

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Are giant pandas classified as bears or as raccoons?

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Because of studies made on the DNA of the panda and of bears, it is now believed that the giant panda is in fact a kind of bear that split from the main bear line about 20 million years ago.