Animal atlas by Mojca Francoska

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Animal atlas

Printed in Slovenia March 2012

INTRODUCTION

This animal atlas is the final product of the common work of the schools involved in the Comenius project Towards a Greener Future (Ecole Saint Christophe Maternelle et Primaire, Lorient , France; 12/th Dimotiko Sxoleio Amigdaleona Kavalas, Kavala, Greece; Circolo Didattico Viale Cesare Battisti, Recanati, Italy; Szkoła Podstawowa z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi nr 21 im. Henryka Sienkiewicza, Gliwice, Poland; Scoala Cu Cls. I-VIII " Vasile Lucaciu”, Carei, Romania; Col-Legi Episcopal "Mare De Deu De L'academia", Lleida, Spain and Osnovna šola Franca Rozmana Staneta, Ljubljana, Slovenia).

To discover more about the project, find us at http://greenerfuture.sp21.gliwice.pl/indexa.html.

Contents

France

Ecole Saint Christophe Maternelle et Primaire, Lorient .......................................................................................... 9

Greece

12/th Dimotiko Sxoleio Amigdaleona Kavalas, Kavala ................................................................................................. 17

Italy

Circolo Didattico Viale Cesare Battisti, Recanati ........................................................................................... 27

Poland

Szkoła Podstawowa z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi Nr 21 im. Henryka Sienkiewicza , w Gliwicach ........................................ 35

Romunia

Scoala Cu Cls. I-VIII " Vasile Lucaciu ", Carei .................................................................................................................. 43

Slovenia

Osnovna Šola Franca Rozmana Staneta, Ljubljana ........................................................................................................... 49

Spain

Col-Legi Episcopal "Mare De Deu De L'academia", Lleida ........................................................................................ 57

THE RED SQUIRREL Latin name : Sciurus vulgaris

Life expectancy : 4 to 5 years

Description : Big bushy tail, red hair

Food : Pine grains, hazelnuts, acorns in autumn. Insects, flowers and buds in spring.

Living area : Forest

Reproduction : 2 to 7 young ones, twice a year

THE GREAT TIT Latin name : Parus major

Life expectancy : It can live 15 years, but in the nature of 2 to 3 years.

Description : It is the largest tit (23 to 26cm). It has a black cap, white cheeks, a black stripe along the chest and a yellow belly. Song: it zinzinule.

Food : The great tit feeding on invertebrates (flies, butterflies, earthworms) in the spring and summer, but also seeds and fruits in autumn and winter. She attended the feeders when food is scarce.

Place of life : The great tit is widespread throughout Europe, Asia and also North Africa.

Reproduction : The female lays 6-8 white eggs. Incubation lasts about 13 to 16 days. The young leave the nest at the age of 18 to 24 days. This species produces two broods per season. Protection :Chickadees are used by gardeners to control against insects. It is protected in France since 1981. It is forbidden to destroy it.

THE EURASIAN MAGPIE Latin name : Pica pica Life expectancy : 15 years

Description : Black and white plumage and long tail, flanks and white belly, neck and back black with blue, green and purple; following calls screaming fast with chatter in moments of excitement. 45cm with a weight of about 210g.

Food : Omnivorous: small mammals, carrion, worms, eggs, nestlings, insects and seeds.

Place of life : Semi discovered places, mostly parks, woods, cultivated areas with hedges and trees.

Reproduction : Bulky nest with twigs and then consolidates the pie cut with mud and lined with roots. A dome made of twigs overcomes all. The nest is located in a thorn bush, a tree or building, most often at great height.

Nestled : 5 to 8 eggs greenish, spotted with brown. Are laid in April or May and incubated for 17-18 days by the female. An egg a year.

THE BADGER Latin name : Meles meles

Life expectancy : 15 years

Description : - Size: 60/70 cm -

Weight: 12/15 kg

(before

winter,

can

reach 20/22 kg.) The badger has a black face and white, like the back of a skunkbut the colors are reversed. Replaces the black white and whitereplaces black. Its legs are black and its tail is rather white. Hishair is black and white, but the mixture gives a grayish color. It is a nocturnal animal which has, according to the season,different activities. Food : Badger, endangered in some areas, has a big flaw, as hunters and farmers who stalk of a sudden poison gas, traps, guns : he must eat. The badger is an omnivore. They also eat many earthworms (up to 100 kg per year for a single badger), moles,small rodents, insects, fungi, herbs, eggs of ground nesting birds, fruits, seeds, wasp nests (their bite is harmless on its thick coat). Protection :

Place of life

The badger is not a protected species in France

Reproduction : They are old enough to breed at the age of 2 years. The time of reproduction in badgers will be held from January, in March. The gestation period lasts about two months. A litter contains from 2 to 7 small badgers. They begin to exit theburrow family at the age of six weeks and will be breastfed for 3 months. 13

THE DEER

Latin name : Capreolus capreolus Life expectancy : It can live up to 15 years but it rarely exceeds 6 or 7 years. Description : - Height : 60 to 68 cm (females) 66 to 75 cm (males) - Withers : 95 to 135 cm long - Weighs : 13 to 22 kg (females) 17 to 30 kg (males) It's an animal agile and quick. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brown and its face is grey.. He wears woods (falling each year) rather short. The deer has no tail Food : It eats plants but can also eat buds, leaves and young branches of trees. Habitat :

Place of life :

He lives in a variety of settings: wood, forest deciduous or coniferous. It is also found in fields and meadows. Reproduction : In mating season, males rub their woods against trees, lay the secretion of their scent glands front and scratch the earth. Before mating, the male follows a female often takes a circular route called "Fairy Ring" or the shape of an 8 times. Gestation lasts 280 days or 9 months and a half.

THE OWL Latin name : Asio otus Life expectancy : 20 years Description : - length : 34-35 cm - weighing : 250 g to 300 g - wingspan : 85 to 90 cm Its plumage has the appearance of bark above brown / red marbled with dark brown and the underside is lighter, perfect camouflage â&#x20AC;Ś His head is surmounted by two great egrets often erect: he is said to "frown". And besides, they are lying when the owl is serene. He has eyes that are yellow-orange in the center of a rounded facial disk beige / brown. Food : He eats mainly small mammals (especially voles and mice), but also passerines (sparrows, finches), and sometimes beetles. He hunts from the dark. By day he hides in the thick branches where he stands motionless, and blends into the background. Habitat :

Place of life :

It frequents especially the semi-wooded areas of coniferous scattered groves in the countryside, but also the parks. He chose an old nest or raptor or squirrel, or pie or crow. Reproduction : It looks an abandoned nest to settle after having given slightly condition. The female lays 4-6 white eggs which she incubates alone perfect for 28 days. The male, meanwhile, feeds and after hatching, feeding the family by delivering prey to the female who is in charge of distribution. The young owls leave the nest after 21 to 26 days. 15

THE LAST YEAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY I HAD A PRESENT: TWO PARROTS , BATUFFOLINO AND CIPOLLINA. BATUFFOLINO DOESN’ T LIKE SINGING. CIPOLLINA LIKES SINGING AND JUMPING ALL THE DAY THEY EAT SOME SALADE , SOME APPLES AND SEEDS ADAM

My little cat is Wilma . It lives and slips sometime at home sometime at my grand parents It eats food for cats and some of our food Your Bianca

THE PIGEONS

In our area live pigeons. The pigeons had no difficulty adjusting to living in cities, because their original habitat (cliffs and rock faces) is structurally similar to the buildings. They have different colors of the plumage : red, black, gray, white. There is a pigeon with gray wings and black bars that is like its closest wild ancestor : Columba livia. Our pigeons live at the top of the houses, especially in roofs, in attics, in ledges, in the gardens, in the steeples of the churches, the latter especially as night shelter.

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THE RABBIT

NAME: RABBIT PLACE OF LIVING:IT LIVES IN MOUNTAINS,FORESTS AND WOODS DEEP PLACES SIZES:IT IS SMALLER THAN THE DOMESTIC RABBIT.IT HAS LITTLE EARS,SELDOM IT WEIGHS MORE THAN 1KG.

COLOUR:COAT IS TAWNY AND GRAY.THE BELLY AND THE TAIL ARE BLOND FOOD:IT USUALLY EATS SIMPLE FOOD THAT IT CAN FIND IN NATURE ,IT EATS ALL KIND OF VEGETABLES OTHER FEATURES:REPRODUCTION TIME USUALLY IS ON FEBRUARY AND MARCH AND GESTATION LASTS ONE MONTH. NOME: Coniglio selvatico DOVE VIVE: abita in luoghi montuosi e pianure boscose,in tane molto profonde DIMENSIONI:pi첫 piccolo del coniglio domestico,con orecchie corte,raramente supera il Kg COLORE:il pelo presenta un colore per lo pi첫 grigio-fulvo,il ventre e la coda sono bianchi ALTRE NOTIZIE:la riproduzione avviene in Febbraio o Marzo e la gestazione dura un mese

Animale din Munţii Carpaţi, din România Lupul, a cărui denumire științifică este Canis lupus, (Linne, 1821), este inclus din punct de vedere sistematic în familia Canidae (Canide), alături de câine, vulpe, șacal și enot. Lupul este cea mai răspândită specie dintre mamiferele care trăiesc în prezent.Pe vremuri, lupul era prezent în întreaga emisfera nordică, adaptându-se cu succes la cele mai diferite condiții de trai. Pentru a se descurca în aceste condiții diverse, lupul a fost nevoit să învețe să vâneze cele mai diferite varietăți, fie insecte, rozătoare sau animale mai mari, cum este elanul, bizonul sau boul moscat

The wolf, from a systematic point of view, is included in the Canidae (Canide) family, together with the dog, the fox, the jackal and the raccoon dog. The wolf is one of the most common species of mammals that are alive at present.

Vulpea, mamifer carnivor, cu numele științific

Vulpes vulpes crucigera, este încadrată sistematic în familia Canidae, alături de lup, câine, șacal, enot

etc. Deși de obicei vulpea e considerată - automat - a fi roșcată, de fapt coloritul său prezintă o mare varietate (de la roșcat aprins până la galben-cenușiu). Se vorbește, ca urmare, de existența a trei varietăți de vulpe: de mesteacăn (cu pieptul, partea ventrală și vârful cozii albicioase, iar părțile laterale gălbui), cu cruce (care are o dungă neagră pe spinare, care se încrucișează cu cea de pe membrele anterioare; cea mai răspândită) și cărbunăreasă (cu pieptul, gâtul, abdomenul și vârful cozii cenușii sau negru-cenușiu și picioarele negre). Există însă și varietăți intermediare, în multe cazuri fiind foarte greu de deosebit vulpea de anumite varietăți de câini.

The fox, a carnivorous mammal, also known as Vulpes vulpes crucigera, is a part of the

Canidae family, which also includes the dog, the wolf, the jackal, the raccoon dog, etc. Although the fox is automatically considered to have red fur, its colour actually varies quite a lot (from crimson red to grayish-yellow).

Ariciul este un mamifer mic ce aparține ordinului insectivorelor, având o lungime a corpului de până la 33 de cm. Greutatea variază de la 8001200g, în dependență de specie. Ei au membre mici și puternice, membrele posterioare fiind puțin mai mari și musculoase ca cele anterioare. Membrele au câte 5 degete, unde primul și ultimul deget sunt mai mici în comparație cu celelalte degete și nu au gheare. Au niște ochi mici și o ureche externă slab dezvoltată. Au un bot mic și ascuțit, cu o acuitate olfactivă foarte dezvoltată. Partea dorsală și laterală a corpului este acoperită cu niște ace lungi și ascuțite, alcătuite din cheratină și având o lungime de 10-20 de mm. Pe corpul unui arici pot fi până la 15.000 de astfel de ace. Se deosebesc, în Europa, după ariile de răspândire predominantă, în est Erinaceus concolor (cel întâlnit și în România), iar în vest Erinaceus europeus. 45

The hedgehog is a small mammal that is a part of the insectivorous animals and it can attain the total length of 33 cm. Its weight can vary between 800 and 1200g, depending on the species. They have small and strong limbs, their back limbs being a bit bigger and more muscular than their front ones.

Cerbul (Cervus elaphus L., familia Cervidae) este un mamifer ierbivor din categoria rumegătoare, paricopitate (Artiodactyla). Familia Cervidae cuprinde circa 45 de specii, din care se mai pot aminti căprioara, renul și elanul. Caracteristice pentru cerb sunt coarnele ramificate care, de obicei, cresc numai la masculi și culoarea brun-roșcată.

The

stag (Cervus elaphus L., from the

Cervidae family) is an herbivorous mammal from the ruminant category. The Cervidae family consists of approximately 45 species. Some of these are the deer, the reindeer and the moose.

Căprioara. Longevitatea este apreciată la 12-15 ani. Căprioara este vânată pentru blana sa de culoare roșie brună sau roșie-căramizie, devenită cenușie pe timp de iarnă. Înălțimea la grebăn este între 65–75 cm iar lungimea corporală poate varia între 95 și 135 cm.

The deer. Its lifespan varies from 12 to 15 years. The deer is hunted for its reddishbrown or dark-red fur, which turns grey during the winter season.

Ursul brun (Ursul cafeniu) traieste in Europa, în Munţii Carpaţi dar si in alti munti. El este cel mai puternic urs din Europa. Se poate catara in copaci si poate alerga in salturi mari. Ursul brun este inteligent, siret si prudent. Cand este ranit sau este surprinsa ursoaica cu puiul ei, ataca si omul. Altfel, in general fuge de om. Traieste in regiunea de padure. Iarna se retrage in barlog, intr-o semihibernare (amortire) si nu se hraneste. Hrana lui este foarte variata, acesta fiind omnivor.

The brown bear lives in Europe. It can climb trees and run in big leaps. The brown bear is an intelligent, cunning and cautious animal.