Auburn is a charter member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), currently composed of 13 of the largest Southern public universities in the US and one private university, Vanderbilt. Among the other 12 peer public universities, Auburn is ranked fourth in the 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report.
A phylum is the second largest way of grouping the animal kingdom. Bears are animals, so they belong in the Kingdom Animalia. Bears are also in a special group called Chordata â¦ (pronounced core-data), which is the same group as Humans, Birds, Fish, Mice and Lizards. Chordata is the phylum bears belong to.
The bear family includes the most massive extant terrestrial members of the order Carnivora. The polar bear is considered to be the largest species, with adult males weighing 350â700 kg (772â1,543 lb) and measuring 2.4â3 metres (7 ft 10 inâ9 ft 10 in) in total length.