Animals
The Taiga animals are found in Canada and Russia.
These are five interesting animals found in the Taiga. There are many more.
The Taiga animals are found in Canada and Russia.
These are five interesting animals found in the Taiga. There are many more.
Black Bear
The Black bear is mostly found in North America. This bear usually weighs around 220-594 pounds and lives up to 25 years. This bear is very adapted to it's environment from it's coat to it's claws. The Black bear will eat anything from plants to dead animals but it's main diet is made up of plants. This bear is seen everywhere and is not endangered.
Long-eared owl
The Long-eared owl is a medium sized owl which is 13 inches long. They can hear in a special three dimensional way that helps them hunt better. They also have big yellow eyes and sharp talons. They feed mostly on voles and other small rodents. They live in Boreal forests, or in the Taiga, from Southern Canada to the middle part of the United States. It sometimes migrates to Mexico in the winter but some do not. They are not at the moment on the endangered species list. But they are on the State of Connecticut's endangered list because of loss of habitat.
Bald eagle
The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States of America. It is a very big bird and weighs 8 to 12 pounds. It's beak is curved and strong and it also has very sharp talons. The Bald Eagle is found over most of the North American taiga but eighty percent of them are in Alaska. The Bald eagle were called an endangered species but as of July 2000 they will changed to a recovered species.
Lynx
The Lynx is like an ordinary house cat but larger and has a collar of fur around it's face and long black ear tufts. The lynx mainly hunts snowshoe hares, but also eats meadow voles, small deer, caribou and sheep. The Lynx weighs about 11-45 pounds. The lynx lives deep in the coniferous forest and mountains of Canada and the northern United States. It can be found scattered through Europe, across northern Asia and Siberia. The Lynx is waiting to be put on the endangered list in the United States. With strong laws to protect it.
Gray wolf
The gray wolf is the largest wild canine. They are around 3 feet tall at the shoulder and are about 3 to 5 feet in length from end to end. Their weight ranges from 40 to 176 pounds. The Siberian Taiga, one of the habitats they are best suited to, is a boreal forest with long, cold winters and short summers. In Canada and Alaska, the gray wolf population is stable. In most of North America, however, they are an endangered species. In Europe, Asia, and Africa, the remaining wolf populations are tiny. The largest wolf population in Europe and Asia is found in Russia, which includes the Siberian Taiga.