Animals that live in mixed forests, in general, are characteristic of the entire forest area in Russia.Hares, foxes, hedgehogs and wild boars can occur even in well established human forests.Proteins have great feel, not only in the wild, but in an ordinary city park.On the rivers far from settlements and now we can see beaver lodges.There are also animals such as the mixed forests bear, marten, wolf and badger.Moose also often overlook the public road and the surrounding villages.
inhabitants of mixed deciduous forests
in mixed deciduous forest thrive and representatives of the animal world taiga forests: hare, protein.Parallel to live and the most typical mixed forest animals: elk, brown bear, badger.
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European elk is not for nothing called a forest giant.He is one of the largest animals that live in the zone of mixed deciduous forests.The average weight it reaches three hundred kilograms.The head of the male is decorated with huge horns.The coat of the animal is usually gray or black-brown shade.
These inhabitants of mixed forests feed mainly on young tree shoots, preferring aspen, willow and rowan.In winter, the moose as a staple food selected needles, mosses and lichens.These animals - great swimmers.The adult can safely go for a full two hours with a good enough speed (up to 10 km / h).The end of spring and the beginning of summer - the time when elk brings posterity.As a rule, one or two calves, which during the summer living with his mother.
Badger
Badger used to meet the entire territory of mixed forests.The size of the animal can be compared with a small dog.The body length reaches 90 cm, and an average weight of about 25 kg of badger.He hunts only at night insects, digs nutritious roots and passing various worms.Very fond of frogs.Badger - a nocturnal animal, during daylight hours he spends in his burrow.
Badger Hole - a very interesting building.It usually has several floors, and a myriad of inputs and outputs.Sometimes their number reaches 50. The central hole can reach a length of 10 meters and is located at a depth of 5 meters.Badger - very clean animals: all the filth he was always buried in the ground.They live in colonies.Winter badger spends in hibernation.
Hedgehog ordinary
Ёzhi - animals living in mixed forests.This little animal is very poor eyesight, but perfectly developed hearing and smell.In case of danger the hedgehog curls up, taking the form of a ball.And then, none of them deal with the predator can not (in this animal about 5000 needles, whose length is 2 cm).
mixed forests on the territory of Russia are most common urchins, needles which are gray in color and clearly visible dark transverse bars located.
as food hedgehog prefers insects and invertebrates: earthworms, slugs and snails.Hunts for frogs, snakes, ruining the nest of birds living on the earth.Sometimes eating wild berries.
ordinary hedgehog has two holes: summer and winter.Winter is a hole for him to sleep, which lasts from mid-autumn to April, and the summer version of the home used for the birth of offspring.Young hedgehogs are born naked, a little later (for several hours) appear soft white needles, which within 36 hours change color to the usual color.
Mole
Quite a lot of mixed forests of moles.These completely blind animals spend most of their life underground.They feed mainly on insects, grubs, earthworms.In hibernation moles do not fall, because in this time of year they do not have problems with a lack of food.
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hare
Habitat of the animal is not limited to a zone of mixed forests.It is possible to meet in the tundra and steppe shrubs.In the winter time, color of his skin becomes completely white.Only the tips of the ears remain black.Paws acquire a fluffy fur.In summer, these animals have mixed forests usual gray color.
hare eats grass, shoots and bark of trees: willow, birch, aspen, maple, oak and hazel.Standing holes hare as such, no.At the slightest danger that animal prefers to flee.
Doe-hare twice during the summer period brings to 6 leverets.Young animals becomes an adult after the spent with her mother hibernation.
Bison
Fauna mixed forest Russia recently could boast of such a magnificent animal, a wild bull.They are ubiquitous in the north-western regions of Russia.But, unfortunately, the population of bison was almost completely destroyed.At the moment in the country a lot of work to restore the numbers of these animals.
beaver
The fauna of mixed forests is an interesting and unusual animal is the beaver river.Previously, they were carried out almost everywhere.But because of their very valuable fur was almost completely destroyed.
Beavers prefer to choose for their homes quiet forest river, whose shores are covered with dense thickets.They feed these animals young shoots of trees and their bark.
dwelling called beaver lodge.As a building material beavers use tree branches.Size lodge does not have strict restrictions.Each beaver builds its own way, but it is mandatory repaired every year.
Of particular interest are the dam, that these animals are able to expertly build.Beavers build dams on the case very strongly in the river water level decreases.Ready Dam easily support the weight of an adult.
wild boar wild boar - a very strong and fast beast.Although some foreign clumsiness, it is easily and quickly moves to his strong legs.They live in small herds wild boars, which are composed of males and females with piglets.Eyes have small boar and also the beast several sighted.Therefore, the main senses for wild boar are hearing and smell.This fully explains the typical behavior of the boar at the possible danger: he lifts to the top of the nose, sniffing and pricking up their ears at the same time.
Wild boar - a nocturnal forest because they are active mostly at night.Daylight hours boars carried out in remote places.Boars absolutely omnivorous.
But in mixed forests are home not only to herbivores, predators and forest: bears, wolves, foxes and martens.
Wolves
most dangerous animals of mixed forests - is, of course, wolves.They always brought a lot of trouble, but nevertheless call for a total extermination of the population of this animal is totally unjustified.Wolf - carnivorous animal, but he mostly kills the sick or severely debilitated animals.This makes it healthier populations of animals that live in the area.In areas where the number of these predators is relatively small, the harm this animal almost none.
marten
Marten - another brilliant representative of carnivorous animals that live in mixed forests.This animal nests in tree hollows satisfied, choosing this place high enough.Leading nocturnal, marten often ruining squirrel nest.The protein is active in the daytime, and at night, fast asleep in a hollow, so it becomes very easy prey for marten.But civet eats well and food of plant origin: fruits or berries.It likes to eat wild honey.Because of this weakness can be quite a long time to live right next to the bee's nest.Sometimes in one place can simultaneously collect several martens.
Fox
Fox - a very cautious predator.The body length of this animal reaches a meter and almost the same size and the famous fox tail.The fur of the animal often has a red color, breast and abdomen - light gray in color, but the tip of the tail necessarily white.
These animals prefer mixed forests, interspersed with clearings, ponds and meadows.Fox can be seen on the outskirts of villages and groves amid the meadows.
eyesight fox quite underdeveloped, so it focuses on the areas with the help of smell and excellent hearing.As home using fox abandoned badger holes.Sometimes digging yourself a hole, the depth of which reaches up to 4 meters.I am sure there are several emergency exits.
Foxes prefer to sedentary life.This nocturnal predators.Fox eats rodents, rabbits or birds.In very rare cases, it attacks the baby deer.Lifespan fox no more than 8 years.
Lynx Lynx - one more representative of the predators that live in mixed forests.Lynx hunts from ambush.It can be quite a long time to hunt down prey, having hidden among the branches of trees or thick bush.This predator powerful long legs that help make the lynx jumps on long enough distance.
main prey of lynx - deer or deer.But it does not shrink and small mammals.With pleasure will drive to catch a bird or a rabbit.His trot hole settles in advance to quietly produce offspring.Usually the number of kittens in a litter varies from 2 to 4 cubs.They live next to his mother for 9 months.
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Thus, mixed forests have quite a varied fauna.Among the inhabitants of this natural area there are also predators and herbivores, like the inhabitants of taiga forests, and "indigenous" inhabitants of the forest-steppe zone.Many animals go into deep hibernation, while others, on the contrary, lead an active lifestyle all year round.
