Because bears are the family ursus which is part of the order Carnivora which falls under the infraclass placentalia. Marsupalia is a different infraclass of mammalia. I know it may be unbearable for them, but they’re extremely unkoalafied.
Yes, but tons of terms we use for animals aren’t rigid scientific definitions. When someone says “that’s a bear” outside of a scientific context they don’t necessarily mean that. A good example being trees.
It just raises the question why can’t marsupials be considered bears.
Because bears are the family ursus which is part of the order Carnivora which falls under the infraclass placentalia. Marsupalia is a different infraclass of mammalia. I know it may be unbearable for them, but they’re extremely unkoalafied.
Yes, but tons of terms we use for animals aren’t rigid scientific definitions. When someone says “that’s a bear” outside of a scientific context they don’t necessarily mean that. A good example being trees.