1. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
   "The coon bear spent most of its day eating bamboo";
   - giant panda, panda, panda bear, Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Derived forms: coon bears

Type of: procyonid

Part of: Ailuropoda, genus Ailuropoda

Encyclopedia: Coon bear