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by Answer Rabbit on April 22nd, 2006

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Can pandas breed with other kinds of bears?

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  • by mrserica21 on April 24th, 2006

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    Each of the four members of the genus Ursus has interbred with at least one other member, and there is evidence that the Sloth Bear and the Sun Bear interbreed. There are no reported hybrids involving either the Spectacled Bear or the Giant Panda Bear.
    It should be noted at the outset that lack of hybridisation data does not mean that hybrids cannot occur. By far the majority of hybrids have occurred in zoos where animals have been kept together rather than in isolation. As a general policy, zoos do not set out to research hybridisation potential, and the contemporary trend is to avoid the incidence of hybrids, in order to preserve the identity of species.

    so yes they can breed it just hasnt been documented yet.

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