Bald Bear

The family Ursidae is one of nine families in the suborder Caniformia, or "doglike" carnivores, within the order Carnivora. Bears' closest living relatives are the pinnipeds and musteloids.
The following synapomorphic (derived) traits set bears apart from related families:
• presence of an alisphenoid canal
• paroccipital processes that are large and not fused to the auditory bullae