Distinguishing Group Features The Giant Panda Bear is the only living species of its kind, which makes them extremely unique. Although Pandas are endothermic, they rely on their mammalian thick, woolly, oily hair characteristic that keeps the animal insulated and well adapted to the cold forest life. The Pandas fur has water proof hair that has both long thick hairs and dense short hairs underneath the fur coat. The Panda resides in the Ursidae bear family, which contains five fingers, but is unique in the sense that it has six fingers, five of which are extended forward and the other acting as a thumb for climbing trees, and holding bamboo. Another difference that the Panda has from its Ursidae family is that they do not hibernate like
