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Name & Conservation status
English name:
Golden Eagle
Latin name:
Aquila Chrysaetos
In the language of the given country:
Aquila reale
Conservation status:
LC - Least Concern
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Classis:
Aves
Ordo:
Accipitriformes
Familia:
Accipitridae
Genus:
Aquila
Description
Golden Eagles are fairly adaptable in habitat but often reside in areas with a few shared ecological characteristics. They are best suited to hunting in open or semi-open areas and search them out year-around. The largest numbers of Golden Eagles are found in mountainous regions today, with many eagles doing a majority of their hunting and nesting on rock formations.The Golden Eagle is one of the most powerful predators in the avian world.
Name & Conservation status
English name:
Appennine Wolf
Latin name:
Canis Lupus Italicus
In the language of the given country:
Lupo
Conservation status:
VU - Vulnerable
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Classis:
Mammalia
Ordo:
Carivora
Familia:
Canidae
Genus:
Canis
Description
The IAppeninic Wolf is a nocturnal hunter which feeds primarily on medium sized animals such as Chamois, Roe Deer, Red Deer and Wild Boar. In the absence of such prey items, its diet will also include small animals such as hares and rabbits. An Italian wolf can eat up to 1,5 - 3 kilograms of meat a day. The Appenninic Wolf is a medium wolf. Male Wolves have an average weight of 24 - 40 kilograms (53 - 88 pounds), with females usually being 10% lighter. The body length of the Wolf is usually 100 - 140 centimetres (39 - 55 inches). Their fur colour is commonly blended grey or brown, though black specimens have recently been sighted in the the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines.Due to a scarcity of large prey, wolf packs in Italy tend to be smaller than average. Packs are usually limited to a nuclear family composed of a reproducing alpha pair, young sub adults which remain with their birth family until they are old enough to disperse and produce cubs.
Name & Conservation status
English name:
Fallow Deer
Latin name:
Dama dama
In the language of the given country:
Daino
Conservation status:
LC - Least Concern
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Classis:
Mammalia
Ordo:
Artiodactyla
Familia:
Cervidae
Genus:
Dama
Description
The fallow deer (Dama dama) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
Fallow deer impact the plant communities in which they live through browsing.
Even mature Fallow deer look like young fawns, with dark chestnut coats covered in white spots. The bucks carry beautiful, impressive, flattened antlers. They are a popular park deer, and can be found in deer parks and preserves throughout the deciduous woodlands .
The fully developed and shiny antlers are used as a display to attract female and repel other bucks during the mating season. The antlers are shed in March or April.Fallow deer are herd deer. They don't have territories, but will have a home range over which they will travel, foraging for food.
Name & Conservation status
English name:
Roe
Latin name:
Capreolus capreolus
In the language of the given country:
Capriolo
Conservation status:
LC - Least Concern
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Classis:
Mammalia
Ordo:
Cetartiodactyla
Familia:
Cervidae
Genus:
Capreolus
Description
The small elegant roe deer is reddish brown in colour during summer but becomes grey in winter. MAles are larger than femakles and have short antlers,usually with three poinys.The antlers are shed from October to January and the new ones begin to grow immediately.Young roe deer have spotted coats for the fisrt six weeks of life.
The roe deer is primarily crepuscular, or primarily active during the twilight, very quick and graceful, lives in woods.It feeds mainly on grass, leaves, berries and young shoots.The roe deer attains a maximum life span (in the wild) of ten years.
The world-famous deer Bambi is a roe deer.
Name & Conservation status
English name:
Porcupine
Latin name:
Hystrix Cristata
In the language of the given country:
Istrice
Conservation status:
LC - Least Concern
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Classis:
Mammalia
Ordo:
Rodentia
Familia:
Hystricidae
Genus:
Hystrix
Description
Almost the entire body is covered with bristles which are either dark brown or black and rather coarse.The crested porcupine is for the most part herbivorous, eating roots, bulbs, crops. But occasionally they do consume insects, small vertebrates and carrion. In order to ingest calcium and sharpen incisors they often gnaw on bones. These animals often travel long distances looking for food.It is a terrestrial mammal; they very seldom climb trees, but can swim. They are nocturnal and monogamous. The crested porcupine takes care of the young for a long time .
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