The brown bear is a carnivore.
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae . Bears are classified as caniforms , or doglike carnivorans . While the polar bear is mostly carnivorous , and the giant panda feeds almost entirely on bamboo , the remaining six species are omnivorous with varied diets . The brown bear ( Ursus arctos ) is a large bear with the widest distribution of any living ursid .