In the Moscow region inhabited by a variety of animals and birds.Some were so many that they can be seen even on an ordinary walk, others found a little less, but still quite common.To know better the native nature, all of these animals should be studied in more detail.
Squirrel ordinary
This small red animal knows both children and adults.Proteins - common animals of the Moscow region, who live not only in forests, but also in the city.In the wild, they are often engaged in the procurement of stocks for the winter, and in the parks quickly get used to people and sometimes even take food from hands.The average size of proteins - of twenty to thirty centimeters in length, with a tail of two thirds of the body.With it, they control the direction of the jump.By the way, it turns out perfectly at the protein - in a straight line, they can fly up to four meters, and a downward trajectory - and fifteen.It helps in this and a little weight, very light animal protein and rarely weighs more than three hundred grams.
Highlights animal bright color - usually red.But sometimes the tone of hair can be gray, brown, brown or even white.This is determined by habitat and season.Habitats residence protein is the entire map of the Moscow region - local coniferous and mixed forests are perfect for these animals.
Hedgehog ordinary
studying the fauna of the Moscow region, it is impossible not to draw attention to this animal.Hedgehog ordinary lives in Ireland, Britain, Scandinavia, Russia, the Caucasus and Transcaucasia.It can be seen even in the Alps - animals live at an altitude of two thousand meters above sea level, where dwarf pines grow.At urchins elongated snout with a sharp and wet nose, large eyes and rounded ears.The needles are hollow and grow the hair.At urchins from Cyprus bigger ears.In Spain - color is lighter than a conventional dark brown.Body size up to thirty centimeters, of which the tail - less than forty millimeters.
hedgehog Weight varies between two hundred kilos grams.After hibernation, and it may be four hundred grams, but increases significantly in the summer.In nature, animals are living up to five years, and as a pet and sometimes ten.Hedgehogs are distinguished by unusual snorting sounds, they can snore and grunt and klatsat teeth.This is a very common animals of the Moscow region, in spite of a long list of enemies, including both owls and foxes to badgers.
Los
Fauna and Moscow region represented by such large animals.Few people know that the elk deer belongs to the order, which is the most impressive in size.The body length of an adult male of three meters height reaches two meters and weight of more than half a ton.
from most deer elk different body with a short trunk and a broad chest.Massive head with an overhanging lip and movable ears impressive leathery protuberance on the neck and horns of a complex structure having a spatulate shape with the processes, the number of which is typically less than eighteen.Sometimes their shape may be symmetric.These animals Moscow region are also common in Poland, Czech Republic, Norway, Hungary and Switzerland, were seen in the north of China, and very common in Canada.
lake frog
Animals Moscow region - not only large moose or squirrel cute, but also a variety of amphibians.For example, the lake frog are very common in the area.They reach fifteen centimeters long and often painted in different shades of green, but you can meet and brown, and gray frogs.In the body they are located dark spots on the back and passes light strip.These frogs live in the territory of Central Europe to Iran, in Russia there are even at Baikal.
This amphibian can inhabit any body of water, including artificial and mountain.Frogs are very fond of heat, so they can be found in the hot springs.They feed on insects, but can eat and a small lizard, a mouse or a chick.Large specimens can swallow other frogs.Catching dragonflies and mosquitoes makes a long sticky tongue, which quickly thrown forward.Like many other animals Moscow and Moscow region, winter frogs cease activity, going to sleep, for which burrow into the mud or indentations on the beach.
hare
Map of Moscow region is covered with dense habitats of various animals.Almost throughout its territory inhabited by hare, widely distributed throughout the north of Eurasia.Dimensions hare does not exceed sixty-seventy centimeters in length with a weight of up to five and a half kilograms.Large ears may be about ten centimeters long.The thick fur on the soles of the feet makes it easy to move even in the snow, and its color depends on the season, varying from pure white to gray or tan.
summer for Whites very much food and you can meet them very often, and in winter they gather in groups and wander in search of food.Occasionally they can be seen in the marshland - hares prefer to live by rivers, near the small farmland, forests.Like other types of detachment, Belyakov are nocturnal, moving at the time of feeding for several kilometers.During the day they are on the surface, and in winter can pull Vacation shallow burrows.
snowbird
Many plants and animals of the Moscow region are found only deep in the forest, but these birds can meet in the city.From conventional thrush distinguishes them beautiful plumage with a white belly and underwings and mottled breast and sides.They live in gardens and fields, along the edges of meadows and small forests.
Thrushes nesting colonies of thirty pairs, making a strong cup of branches, which are located with the chicks.Sometimes they are attacked by predatory birds (magpies, jays), then a settlement can be destroyed.To create a socket takes about five days, and the blackbird eggs hatches for almost two weeks.As much as there are chicks.Power birds are worms, insects and berries of mountain ash and juniper.
Badgers
This is a fairly rare animals of the Moscow Region, whose photos are available except that the very experienced hikers and hunters.In the city it is impossible to see them.Badgers different large and dense body with a long head and small eyes.Strong legs are adapted for digging.The teeth are suitable for the use of plant foods.In different parts of badgers they look different, usually distinguished by their brown fur on his back with a dark stripe along the ridge and the light ripples on the sides.Cheeks and forehead - white or brown.The summer fur is darker and reddish, compared with winter.The young badger color lighter.
