lergest bear ever

the  tyrant polar bear U.m. tyrannous  likely appearance shown below far left) of the mid pleistocene  2 epoch (250'000-100 years ago) would have towered over if  not tyrannized  all other bear yet  to come standing 1.83m(6ft)at  the shoulder and measuring 7.3m (12ft2in) long it weight on average at least  1 tonne 2,200lb) this fossil subspecies was also the very first polar bear and largest  terrestrial mammalian  carnivore  next in line the  modern polar bear is the largest bear see opposite with the male reaching 2.4-2.6m (7ft in -8ft 6in) long nose to tail. at 1.5-2.5m 5-8ft its neighbor the grizzly u a horribilis  still easily dwarfs a human  the giant panda a meanoleuca may attain a less prodigious 1.9m  6ft 9 in but look bulky allngside u malayanus  the  smallert bear  see above.