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These animals belong to the carnivora category, as they are all carnivorous mammals. They share similar physical and behavioral characteristics related to their diet and hunting habits.
No, bears, pigs, and dogs are not closely related. Bears belong to the family Ursidae, pigs belong to the family Suidae, and dogs belong to the family Canidae. They are all distinct families within the order Carnivora.
Dogs & bears are in the same order, Carnivora, but different families (dog is Canidae, bear is Ursidae). According to this classification dogs & bears are no more related to each other than each is to cats (order Carnivora, family Felidae). Some taxonomists classify creatures into intermediate classifications, such as "suborders" & "suprafamilies" & such. According to some, the order Carnivora contains the suborder Feliformia (cat-like) & Caniformia. Suborder Caniformia contains the family Canidae & the infraorder Arctoidae. Infraorder Arctoide contains the superfamily Ursoidae, which contains the family Ursidae (bears) & the extinct bear-like family Hemicyonidae. All of this is trying to say that bears & dogs are more closely related to each other than to cats, but not quite in the same family.
Elephants, lions, tigers, bears, and dogs belong to the group of mammals. Horses also belong to the group of mammals.
There is no Order Felidae. Felidae is the Family that all cat species belong to. Both dogs and cats are in the Order Carnivora, and all dogs are in the Family Canidae.
Dogs, cats, bears, most of the mammals have ears on the top of the head. (don't forget bunny too!)