Flora of Ireland. Ireland is in the Atlantic European Province of the Circumboreal Region, a floristic region within the Holarctic.
The previous heavyweight was a North American giant short-faced bearâa related extinct speciesâthat weighed up to 2,500 pounds (1,134 kilograms). The largest bear on record in modern times was a 2,200-pound (998-kilogram) polar bear shot in Alaska in the 19th century.
Giant panda. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally black and white cat-foot; Chinese: å¤§çç«; pinyin: dÃ  xiÃ³ng mÄo, literally big bear cat), also known as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear native to south central China.