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  1. Eurasian brown bear

    Taxobox name Eurasian brown bear status LC status system iucn3.1 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors Bear Specialist Group year 1996 id 41688 title Ursus arctos downloaded 12 May 2006 ref image Brown bear ... Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 range map range map width range map caption The Eurasian brown bear Ursus arctos arctos is a subspecies of brown bear , found across northern Eurasia . The Eurasian brown bear is also known as the common brown bear , European brown bear and colloquially by many other names. Description Image Ours des pyrenees aspe 2002.jpg left thumb Eurasian brown bear The Eurasian brown bear has brown fur, which can range from yellow brownish to dark brown, red brown, and almost black ... Eurasian brown bear recorded was 481 kg 1,058 lb and was nearly 2.5 m 8.2 ft long. Females ... Image Ursus arctos arctos.jpg thumb Eurasian brown bear resting Modern research ref http web.archive.org ... about the Eurasian brown bear, but the species to which it belongs might have developed about 5 million years ago. Researchers have also found that the Eurasian brown bear was separated about ... to the global species, not to the Eurasian brown bear specifically, local populations are becoming ... Mammals of Pakistan Category Fauna of Iran Bear, Eurasian Brown bg ... simple Eurasian Brown Bear ... medvjeda nikad vidzenog kod nas.html Albino brown bear killed in 2009 . Dnevnik.hr 2009 10 29 . Retrieved ... www.toothandclaw.org.uk species.asp? title Brown Bear publisher Tooth & Claw accessdate 2008 01 05 ... 2007 12 23 ref Eurasian brown bears were used in Ancient Rome for fighting in arenas. The strongest ... brown bear was largely carnivorous, with 80 of its diet consisting of animal matter. However ... Brown bears could once be found across most of northern Eurasia. The brown bear has long been ..., as well as Cantabrian brown bear an equally threatened group in the Cantabrian Mountains in Spain ...   more details



  1. Brown bear

    Comments valign top nowrap Ursus arctos arctos Eurasian brown bear File Ours des pyrenees aspe ... 2011 . ref The smallest subspecies is the Eurasian brown bear U. a. arctos , whose mature females ... high and low weights, although even the relatively small Eurasian brown bear can weigh ...Taxobox name Brown bear fossil range Late Pleistocene Recent status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ... downloaded 27 January 2009 ref image Brown bear.jpg image width 250px image caption A Kodiak bear ... map. The brown bear Ursus arctos is a large bear distributed across much of northern Eurasia and North ... subspecies within the brown bear species. In North America, two types are generally recognized, the coastal brown bear and the inland grizzly bear , and the two types could broadly define all brown ... on round 0 , while an adult brown bear in coastal Alaska or Russia living on a steady, nutritious diet ... subspecies remains in debate. While the brown bear s range has shrunk and it has faced local extinctions ... recently, respectively, and the not officially recognized Marsican brown bear in central Italy is believed to have a population of just 30 to 40 bears. The brown bear s principal range includes parts ... cite web last White first Paul title Brown Bear url http www.transylvanianwildlifeproject.com 2010 .... The brown bear is the most widely distributed of all bears. Naming and etymology The brown bear is sometimes ... the possibility of two separate brown bear migrations grizzlies are thought to stem from narrow .... Brown bear fossils discovered in Ontario, Ohio, Kentucky and Labrador show the species occurred ... recently revealed that the identified subspecies of brown bears, both Eurasian and North American, are genetically ... brown bear or Far Eastern brown bear File Brown bear in spring.jpg 140 px valign top Kamchatka Peninsula ... Ursus arctos collaris East Siberian brown bear File Ucollaris.jpg 140 px valign top East Siberia from ... Himalayan brown bear File Ursus arctos isabellinus in Perm Zoo .jpg 140 px valign top Nepal , Pakistan ...   more details



  1. Syrian brown bear

    Taxobox name Syrian brown bear image Ursus arctos syriacus.jpg image width 300px regnum Animalia phylum ... Hemprich Hemprich & Christian Ehrenberg Ehrenberg , 1828 range map Syrian Brown Bear Distribution.PNG range map width 300px The Syrian brown bear Ursus arctos syriacus is a relatively small subspecies of brown bear native to Eurasia . Distribution Within the former Soviet Union, it occurs in Transcaucasia ... downloads calvignac2009syrianbrownbear.pdf Genetic diversity of endangered brown bear Ursus arctos populations at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa . PDF . Retrieved on 2011 09 26. ref Like many large mammals, the Syrian brown bear population is declining due to habitat ... of brown bear s, although brown bears as a group are among the largest type of bears, second only to polar bear s. Adult males have skulls measuring approximately 30 40  cm. Fur color is usually very light brown and straw colored. The hair on the withers is longer with a gray brown base and is often ... across the back. Individuals from the middle and Western Caucasus , whose ranges overlap those of Eurasian brown bear s, are darker in color, and larger in size, leading some naturalists to propose that they are in fact hybrid populations of Eurasian and Syrian brown bears. It is thought that these mixed ... Ursus arctos syriacus Ursidae nav Category Bears Category Mammals of Armenia Bear, Syrian Brown Category Fauna of Iran Bear, Syrian Brown Category Fauna of Iraq Bear, Syrian Brown Category Fauna of Turkey Bear, Syrian Brown Category Mammals of Southwest Asia Bear, Syrian Brown ar ... pl Nied wied syryjski pt Urso sir aco simple Syrian Brown Bear fi Syyriankarhu ... . Russianbearhunt.com. Retrieved on 2011 09 26. ref In addition, bear bile ursodeoxycholic acid ... color is reddish brown with no mixture of black and brown tones. ref name soviet Habitat Generally found in the mountainous areas throughout its home range, the Syrian brown bears seem to den ...   more details



  1. East Siberian brown bear

    taxobox name East Siberian Brown Bear br lang ru status status system status ref trend image Ucollaris.jpg image width 250 px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Carnivora familia Ursidae genus Ursus biology Ursus species Brown bear U. arctos subspecies U. arctos collaris synonyms jeniseensis Ognev, 1924 br sibiricus J. E. Gray, 1864 trinomial Ursus arctos collaris trinomial authority F. G. Cuvier, 1824 The East Siberian brown bear Ursus arctos collaris is a subspecies of brown bear which ranges from eastern Siberia , beginning at the Yenisei river , as far as Trans Baikal iya, the Stanovoy Range , the Lena River , Kolyma and generally throughout Sakha Republic Yakutia and the Altai Mountains . The subspecies is also present in Northern Mongolia . ref name soviet Mammals of the Soviet Union Vol.II Part 1a, SIRENIA AND CARNIVORA Sea cows Wolves and Bears , V.G Heptner and N.P Naumov editors, Science Publishers, Inc. USA. 1998. ISBN 1886106819 ref East Siberian bears are intermediate in size to Eurasian brown bear s and Kamchatka Brown Bear s, though large individuals can attain the size of the latter. Their skulls are invariably larger than those of Eurasian brown bears, and are apparently larger than those of Far Eastern brown bears. ref name soviet Adult males have skulls measuring 32.6 43.1 cm in length and 31.2 38.5 cm wide at the zygomatic arch es. They have long, dense and soft fur which is similar in colour to that of Eurasian brown bears, though darker coloured individuals predominate. Originally, Fr d ric Cuvier Cuvier s trinomial definition for this subspecies was limited to brown bear populations in the upper Yenisei river, in response to bears there sporting well developed white collars. The subspecies has since been reclassified as encompassing populations formerly classed as yeniseensis and sibiricus ... koi pt East Siberian brown bear ...   more details



  1. Cantabrian brown bear

    Cantabrian brown bear refers to a population of Eurasian brown bear s Ursus arctos arctos living in the Cantabrian ... brown bear can live for around 25 30 years in the wild. Image CordilleraCantabrica05.05.2007.jpg thumb 250px right A view of the Cantabrian mountains, habitat of the Cantabrian brown bear Evolution Believed to have originated in Asia, the Brown bear Ursus arctos , L. 1758 spread across the Northern ... 1914 considered the Cantabrian brown bear to be a distinct subspecies of European brown bear , Ursus ... scientific consensus that the European brown bear is not a separate subspecies. These recent ... Genetics of the Brown Bear Ursus arctos in Europe. Taberlet P., Bouvet J. 1994 ref The Cantabrian brown bear forms a part of the Western type, the effective barriers of the Pleistocene ice sheets of the Alps and the Balkans having directed the spread of the brown bear respectively, north and eastwards ... European Brown Bear Compendium, John D.C. Linnell, Daniel Steuer, John Odden, Petra Kaczensky and Jon ... relatives of the Cantabrian brown bear. The last indigenous, reproductive female in the Pyrenees ... half of the 20th century the Cantabrian brown bear has been reduced to two isolated populations ... The Cantabrian brown bear is catalogued on the Spanish Red List of Endangered Species as In Danger ... of Brown bears elsewhere. In Spain there is a maximum fine of 300,000 for killing a bear following ... brown bear s mainly vegetarian diet, carrion is very important for the building of fat reserves ... brown bear. The most recent human threat is a proposal to build a ski winter leisure resort in the San ... title ref lists the brown bear as in danger of extinction in Spain, and the existence of heavy ... An Action Plan for the Conservation of the Brown Bear Ursus arctos in Europe , published in 2000 ... of the Brown Bear with the intention of saving the species from extinction by coordinating conservation .... ref http www.fundacionosopardo.org cajon.cfm?preview&idArticulo 568 LIFE Project Brown Bear Corridors ...   more details



  1. Ussuri brown bear

    is also a major factor in limiting their population. ref name asia In Russia, the Ussuri brown bear is considered a game animal, though it is not as extensively hunted as the Eurasian brown bear . ref ...Taxobox name Ussuri Brown Bear br lang ru br lang ja br lang ko fossil ... Beijing Zoo 2.JPG image width image caption Ussuri brown bear Ursus arctos lasiotus in the Beijing ... brown bear Ursus arctos lasiotus , also known as the black grizzly ref California Grizzly by Tracy ... is a subspecies of the brown bear found in the Ussuri krai , Sakhalin , the Amur Oblast , northward ... ped the Ussuri brown bear, eating its flesh and drinking its blood as part of a religious festival known ... 1922 by Sir James George Frazer ref Appearance It is very similar to the Kamchatka brown bear , though ... hybrid s of brown bears and Asian black bear s. Adult males have skulls measuring 38.7 cm long ... name soviet In Hokkaido, the brown bear has a diet including small and large mammals, fish, birds ... Ants as prey of the Yezo brown bear Ursus arctos yesoensis with consideration on its feeding habits ... 000ADOBES Bears Bears IUCN ActionPlan bearsAP chapter7.pdf Brown Bear Conservation Action Plan for Asia ... black bears are called Gom bear , the Ussuri brown bear went extinct many years ago in South Korea largely due to poaching. In North Korea, there are two major areas of brown bear population including ... null North Korean Human Geography, Gwanmobong Big Bear ref All big bears Ussuri brown ... year 2000 pages 254 isbn 0 415 22441 1 ref The nihongo Sankebetsu brown bear incident ... m tall brown bear, which twice attacked the village of Tomamae , returning to the area the night .... ISBN 1886106819 ref This subspecies is thought to be the ancestor of the North American grizzly bear . Ussuri brown bears crossed to Alaska 100,000 years ago, though they did not move south until 13,000 ... Reiner Vol 9.pdf A REVIEW OF BEAR EVOLUTION BRUCEM CLELLANF,o rest Sciences Research Branch,R evelstoke ...   more details



  1. Brown Bear Seamount

    Not to be confused with Bear Seamount . Infobox Seamount Name Brown Bear Seamount Depth Height Map File Axial Exaggerated Bathymetry.jpg 300px Map caption Brown Bear Seamount on the left, Axial Seamount in the center. Photo Photo alt Photo caption Photo size Summit area Translation Language Pronunciation Location Group Coordinates coord 46 02.40 N 130 27.60 W type mountain region XZ display inline,title Country Type Seamount underwater volcano , hotspot geology hotspot volcano Volcanic group Range Age Last activity Last eruption Discovered Discovered by First visit Brown Bear Seamount is a seamount underwater volcano approximately convert 300 mi km 0 abbr on west of the coast of Oregon . It is connected to the larger Axial Seamount by a small ridge. Brown Bear Seamount was created by the Cobb hotspot , and is located on the near west of the Juan de Fuca Ridge . It has not been affected by spreading center ocean spreading as much as its neighbor, and is therefore not quite as geologically complex. Brown is the second youngest volcano in the chain, after Axial. No eruptions are known. External links http earthref.org cgi bin sc.cgi?id SMNT 460N 1305W SBN entry volcano stub Category Seamounts of the Cobb Eickelberg Seamount chain ...   more details



  1. Himalayan brown bear

    Taxobox name Himalayan Brown Bear status EN status system iucn3.1 image Ursus arctos isabellinus in Perm Zoo .jpg image caption Himalayan Brown Bear in Perm Zoo, Russia image width hi regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Carnivora familia Bear Ursidae genus Ursus biology Ursus species Brown Bear U. arctos subspecies U. a. isabellinus trinomial Ursus arctos isabellinus trinomial authority Horsfield, 1826 range map range map width range map caption The Himalayan Brown Bear Ursus arctos isabellinus , also known as the Himalayan Red Bear , Isabelline Bear or Dzu Teh , is a subspecies of the Brown Bear . The bear as the Dzu Teh is thought to be the source of the legend ... bearreport Bear 20species 20found 20in 20India.htm Bear species found in India wikispecies Ursus arctos External links http www.hwf.org.pk bear.html Brown Bear Conservation Project of HWF http www.students.uni ... of Pakistan Bear, Himalayan Brown Category Mammals of India Bear, Himalayan Brown Category Mammals of Nepal Bear, Himalayan Brown Category Fauna of Bhutan Bear, Himalayan Brown Category Fauna of Jammu and Kashmir Bear, Himalayan Brown ca s bru de l Him laia de Isabellb r es Ursus arctos isabellinus ... koi Ursus arctos isabellinus ru simple Himalayan Brown Bear uk ... 1 hi world south asia 3143020.stm BBC News Yeti s non existence hard to bear ref Description Himalayan Brown Bears exhibit sexual dimorphism . Males range from 1.5m up to 2.2m 4  ft 11in 7  ... in the Deosai National Park , Pakistan , and are usually sandy or reddish brown in colour. Distribution ... during April and May. Hibernation usually occurs in a den or cave made by the bear. Feeding Himalayan Brown Bears are omnivore s and will eat grasses, roots and other plants as well as insects ... Europe and northern Asia , vol. 2, pp.  11 118. Moscow. Pocock R.I, The Black and Brown ..., Original German Version http www.bigfootencounters.com articles straus.htm Himalayan Red Bear ...   more details



  1. Kamchatka brown bear

    Taxobox name Kamchatka brown bear br lang ru status trend status ref image Brown bear in spring.jpg image width 250 px regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Carnivora subordo Caniformia familia Ursidae genus Ursus genus Ursus species Ursus arctos subspecies U. a. beringianus synonyms kolymensis Ognev, 1924 br mandchuricus Heude, 1898 br piscator Pucheran, 1855 ... brown bear Ursus arctos beringianus , also known as the Far Eastern brown bear , is a subspecies of brown bear , native to the Anadyrsky District , the Kamchatka Peninsula , Karaginskiy Island ... lbs or more. It is nearly the size of the Kodiak bear however, the skull is broader than that of the Ussuri brown bear , ref name evolution and compared to that of the Kodiak bear, the breadth of the skull ... Kamchatka brown bears are generally not dangerous to humans, and only 1 of encounters result in attack. ref http www.bearbiology.com fileadmin tpl Downloads URSUS Vol 9 Revenko Vol 9.pdf BROWN BEAR ... Siberian brown bear Siberian counterparts . ref name kam http www.kamchatkapeninsula.com bear.html The Kamchatka Brown Bear . Kamchatkapeninsula.com. Retrieved on 2011 09 26. ref However, in July 2008 ... of Kamchatka brown bears are significant. ref name tourism References reflist External links Commonscat Ursus arctos beringianus http nigge.com projects brown bear thumbnails.html Photos of the Kamchatka Brown Bear Ursus arctos beringianus by Klaus Nigge Category Bears Category Wildlife of Siberia .... USA. 1998. ISBN 1886106819 ref It is closely related to brown bears in Alaska and northwest North America, and is thought to be the ancestor of the Kodiak bear . ref name evolution McLellan, B.N. and D ... A review of bear evolution . Int. Conf. Bear Res. and Manage. 9 pp. 85 96. PDF . Retrieved on 2011 ... brown with a violet tint. Light coloured individuals are rarely encountered. ref name soviet In the summer ... .The Times. July 24, 2008 ref Kamchatka brown bears are among the most prized trophies for the Russian ...   more details



  1. Marsican brown bear

    Cleanup date March 2012 Taxobox name Marsican Brown Bear image Orso marsicano.jpg image width image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Carnivora familia Ursidae genus ursus biology Ursus species Brown Bear U. arctos subspecies U. a. marsicanus trinomial Ursus arctos marsicanus trinomial authority Altobello, 1921 The Marsican Brown Bear Ursus arctos marsicanus , also known as Apennine brown bear , is a highly threatened, unrecognized subspecies of the Brown bear , with a range restricted to Abruzzo National Park and perhaps the Montagne del Morrone in Italy . The population of the subspecies is estimated at between 30 and 40 bears. ref cite book last Paynton first Brian title In Bear Country year 2006 publisher Old Street location London isbn 9781905847143 ref Marsicano male brown bear can weigh up to 200 kg, reaching even up to 300 kg, but rarely more than 250 300 kg, upright reach an average height of 1.90 to 2 meters, while females are typically 25 smaller in terms of both size and weight. These dimensions make the Marsicano bear one of the largest carnivores in Italy because of smaller nominal subspecies Bear that lives in the Triveneto . Threats to the remaining small population include the shift from local agriculture to development in Abruzzo including ... month title Cranial morphometrics of the Apennine brown bear Ursus arctos marsicanus and preliminary ... Category Mammals of Italy Category Fauna of Italy Marsican Brown Bear Category Endangered species ... 2010 bot H3llBot ref and poisoning. ref Cite news title Marsican bear found dead in Abruzzo work Italy Magazine date 2008 05 12 url http www.italymag.co.uk italy abruzzo marsican bear found dead abruzzo ... bear its own territory that extends from 10 to 200 km , depending on the availability of food in it. Often ..., and that means that they need a large amounts of food to survive. The bear also eat small ... on their carcasses. The popular belief, that portrai the bear as a merciless killer of cattle, as well ...   more details



  1. Sankebetsu brown bear incident

    Sankebetsu brown bear incident Sankebetsu Higuma jiken , also referred to as the nihongo Rokusensawa bear attack Rokusensawa y gai jiken or the nihongo Tomamae brown bear incident Tomamae Higuma jiken was the worst bear attack in Japanese history, ref cite web url http ... , Hokkaid , Japan . The incident took place between December 9 and 14, 1915 after a large brown bear ... November in 1915, an Ussuri brown bear appeared at the Ikeda family s house in Sankebetsu Rokusen ... in germany.jpg thumb A large brown bear at a zoo in Germany On December 9, 1915, at 10 30 a.m., the giant brown bear turned up at the home of the ta family. Abe Mayu, the farmer s wife, and Hasumi ... comprising thirty men was organized to capture the brown bear and recover the remains of Mayu. Citation ... when it met the brown bear . Five men shot at the bear, but only one managed to hit it. The enraged ... and parts of the legs remaining. It was thus proven that this particular brown bear had attacked ... the state of the sniper team and met all those who got off the mountain pass. The brown bear did ... to mobilize every possible resource. It was decided that the brown bear would most probably .... Therefore, a new plan was proposed to attempt to lure out the brown bear with the corpse of a victim ... into a river and died. It was unclear whether the injury inflicted by the brown bear had caused the accident ... an eight year chase hunted down a 500  kg brown bear who was nicknamed nihongo the north sea Tar ... Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident Reconstruction Location Sankebetsu Higuma Jiken Fukugen ... in those days, a signboard on which the case is explained, and a statue of the brown bear. The place ... jawiki display title DEFAULTSORT Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident Category Bears Category Individual ... the family horse, but the bear fled after taking only harvested corn. In those days Sankebetsu was newly ... 20, 1915, the bear reappeared. Worrying about the safety of the horse Citation needed date ...   more details



  1. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

    Infobox book name Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? title orig translator image File BrownBearBrownBearWhatDoYouSee.jpg 200px image caption author Bill Martin Jr. illustrator Eric Carle cover artist country United States language English language English series subject genre Children s literature publisher pub date 1967 english pub date media type Hardcover pages isbn oclc preceded by followed by Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a children s picture book, published in 1967 in literature 1967 , ref citation unused data Eric Carle Personal Website url http www.eric carle.com ECbooks.html anchor584567 title List of Books by Eric Carle postscript none ref written and illustrated by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle , and the book is designed to help toddlers associate colors and meanings to Object philosophy objects . The book itself has little to no plot. Instead, the narrator asks various animals what they see with the response usually being another animal, the respondent is then asked what they themselves see, and the process is repeated. It features a Brown Bear, Red Bird, Yellow Duck, Blue Horse, Green Frog, Purple Cat, White Dog, Black Sheep, a Goldfish, a Teacher ... 2010 06 brown bear tells story.html title Brown Bear Tells a Story date 9 June 2010 publisher Eric Carle s Blog ref Carle and Martin published three spin off books Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? 1991 ref citation unused data Eric Carle Personal Website url http www.eric carle.com rev pb.html title Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? postscript none ref uses zoo animals and sounds, Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? 2003 ref citation unused data Eric Carle Personal Website url http www.eric carle.com rev panda.html title Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? postscript none ref endangered species, and Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? 2007 ... Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? postscript none ref baby animals. In 2010, the Texas State ...   more details



  1. The Brown Bear of the Green Glen

    The Brown Bear of the Green Glen is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands , listing his informant as John MacDonald, a Scottish Travellers Traveling Tinker . He also noted the parallels with The Water of Life German fairy tale The Water of Life . ref John Francis Campbell, Popular Tales of the West Highlands , http www.sacred texts.com neu celt pt1 pt113.htm The Brown Bear of the Green Glen ref Synopsis A king was losing his sight and his ability to walk. His oldest two set out for water to cure him. The youngest son , John, known as a fool, set out too, and found his brothers in the first town. He went on. He climbed a tree to spend the night, but a bear with an ember in its mouth came and got him down by threatening to climb up. The bear caught a deer and fed him the cooked meat. In the morning, it had him ride it. Every night, it had him stay with a Giant mythology giant by saying that the brown bear of the green glen had sent him, but the Rule of three writing third giant wrestled with him. As the bear had directed, when the giant had him down, he said that if the brown bear of the green glen were there, it would not go well with him the bear appeared. The giant ordered a sheep carcass laid before the door. He told John that an eagle would eat it, and he was to cut the wart from its ear without drawing a drop of blood. The prince did so and the eagle carried him off to the Green Island for the water to cure his father. There, he got the water, and also a whiskey bottle that never emptied, a loaf that grew no smaller when slices were cut off, and a cheese that was the same he also kissed a sleeping beautiful woman. The eagle carried him back. He showed the giant the whiskey bottle, and the giant offered him money, a saddle and bridle for it. He agreed, but said the giant must give it to his sweetheart, if she ... Sleeping Beauty References reflist DEFAULTSORT Brown Bear Of The Green Glen Category Scottish fairy ...   more details



  1. The Brown Bear of Norway

    The Brown Bear of Norway is a Scotland Scottish fairy tale collected by Fitzroy MacLean in West Highland Tales . Andrew Lang included it in The Lilac Fairy Book . ref Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book , http www.surlalunefairytales.com eastsunwestmoon stories brownbear.html Brown Bear of Norway ref It is Aarne Thompson type 425A, the search for the lost husband. Others of this type include The Black Bull of Norroway , The King of Love , The Daughter of the Skies , East of the Sun and West of the Moon , The Enchanted Pig , The Tale of the Hoodie , Master Semolina , The Enchanted Snake , The Sprig of Rosemary , and White Bear King Valemon . ref Heidi Anne Heiner, http www.surlalunefairytales.com eastsunwestmoon other.html Tales Similar to East of the Sun & West of the Moon ref Synopsis A king in Ireland asked his daughters whom they wanted to marry. The oldest wanted the king of Ulster, the second the king of Munster, and the Youngest son Youngest daughters youngest the Brown Bear of Norway. That night, the youngest princess woke to find herself in a grand hall, and a handsome prince on his knees before her, asking her to marry him. They were married at once, and the prince explained that a witch had Shapeshifting Monstrous bridegroom bride transformed him into a bear to get him to marry her daughter. Now that she had married him, he would be freed if she endured five years of trials. They had three children in succession, but an eagle, a grayhound, and a lady took each one, and the princess, after losing the last child, told her husband that she wanted to visit her family. He told her that to return, she had only to wish it while lying down at night, and the next morning, she woke in her old bed. She told her family her tale, and while she did not want to lose any more children ... The Master Maid Nix Nought Nothing References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Brown Bear Of Norway Category Scottish ... his bear fur, and then he would have to be a man both night and day. She stopped drinking a drink ...   more details



  1. Eurasian Bullfinch

    they are greyish brown in juveniles , and the white rump and wing bars are striking in flight ... as a subspecies of Eurasian Bullfinch, is today recognized as a distinct species. The European ... sperm morphology in the Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula . Auk journal Auk 123 2 383 392. Digital ... Gallery gallery File Pyrrhula pyrrhula bird table pair 8.jpg A pair of Eurasian Bullfinches feeding ... R. Immler, Simone Pellatt, E. Jayne & Freckleton, Robert 2006 Unusual sperm morphology in the Eurasian ...   more details



  1. Eurasian Curlew

    Taxobox image Eurasian Curlew.jpg image width 240px status NT status system iucn3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves subclassis Neornithes infraclassis Neognathae superordo Neoaves ordo Charadriiformes subordo Scolopaci monotypic don t link familia Scolopacidae genus Curlew Numenius species N. arquata binomial Numenius arquata binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 The Eurasian Curlew , Numenius arquata , is a wader in the large family biology family Scolopacidae . It is one of the most widespread of the curlew s, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia . In Europe, this species is often referred to just as the Curlew , and in Scotland known as the whaup in Scots language Scots . File Numenius arquata male flying.jpg thumb left Male in flight. Note pointed tail formed by the feet. This is the largest wader in its range, at convert 50 60 cm in abbr on in length, with a convert 89 106 cm in abbr on wingspan and a body weight of convert 410 1360 g lb abbr on . ref name CRC CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses by John B. Dunning Jr. Editor . CRC Press 1992 , ISBN 978 0 8493 4258 5. ref It is mainly greyish brown, with a white back, and a very long curved bill. Males ... to recognize the sex of a single Eurasian Curlew, or even several ones as there is much variation ... the tail tip in the Eurasian Curlew the feet are longer, forming a conspicuous point . This is a bird ... wary. Highly gregarious outside the breeding season, the Eurasian Curlew feeds by probing soft ... arises. Image Eggs Numenius arquata.jpg thumb left A clutch eggs clutch of Eurasian Curlew ... on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds AEWA applies. Formerly classified ... mnh nature nsbirds bns0137.htm Eurasian Curlew . Retrieved 2008 MAY 23. Wiles, Gary J. Worthington ... http ibc.lynxeds.com species eurasian curlew numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew videos, photos ... of Europe Category Birds of Turkey Category Birds of Iran Curlew, Eurasian Category British Isles coastal ...   more details



  1. Eurasian Treecreeper

    , and the American species call is much like that of Eurasian Treecreeper. In appearance, Brown Creeper is more like Short toed than Eurasian, but a vagrant might still not be possible to identify ...Taxobox name Eurasian Treecreeper status LC status ref ref name IUCN IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International ... s Treecreeper The Eurasian Treecreeper or Common Treecreeper Certhia familiaris is a small passerine ... . It is similar to other Certhia treecreeper s, and has a curved bill, patterned brown ... Europe an range, by its different song. The Eurasian Treecreeper has nine or more subspecies which breed ... are vulnerable to attack by woodpeckers and mammals, including squirrels. The Eurasian Treecreeper ... brown upperparts, rufous rumps and whitish underparts. They have long decurved bills, and long ... Harrap The Eurasian Treecreeper is 12.5  cm 5  in long and weighs 7.0&ndash 12.9  gram g 0.25&ndash 0.46  ounce oz . It has warm brown upperparts intricately patterned with black, buff and white, and a plain brown tail. Its belly, flanks and vent area are tinged with buff. The sexes ... name Harrap The range of the Eurasian Treecreeper overlaps with that of several other treecreepers, which can present local identification problems. In Europe, the Eurasian Treecreeper shares much of its ... different from the song of Eurasian Treecreeper however, both species have been known to sing the other s song. ref name Harrap Three Himalayan subspecies of Eurasian Treecreeper are now sometimes given ... BirdLife International accessdate 2008 05 27 ref but if they are retained as subspecies of Eurasian, they have to be distinguished from three other South Asian treecreepers. The plain tail of Eurasian ... pattern, and its white throat is an obvious difference from Brown throated Treecreeper . Rusty flanked Treecreeper is more difficult to separate from Eurasian, but has more contrasting cinnamon, rather than buff, flanks. ref name Harrap The North American Brown Creeper has never been recorded in Europe ...   more details



  1. Eurasian Skylark

    Other uses Skylark disambiguation Refimprove date June 2009 Taxobox name Eurasian Skylark status LC status ... Alauda arvensis binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 The Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis ... . Description File Alauda arvensis.jpg left thumb Skylark The Eurasian Skylark is 16 to 18  centimetres ... Eurasian Skylarks preference for males that sing and hover for longer periods and so demonstrate that they are likely to have good overall Fitness biology fitness . Like most other larks, the Eurasian Skylark is a rather dull looking species on the ground, being mainly brown above and paler below ... when the bird is flying away, but not if it is heading towards the observer. The Eurasian ... s in the breeding season. The Eurasian Skylark makes a grass bird nest nest on the ground, hidden ..., England June 2009.jpg thumb right An Eurasian Skylark in the Lake District, England, with two beetles caught in its beak In the UK, Eurasian Skylark numbers have declined over the last 30 years ... summer. The winter grown fields are much too dense in summer for the Eurasian Skylark to be able ... and paid to maintain and create biodiversity for improving the Habitat ecology habitat for Eurasian ... a six year period, of winter planted wheat fields has shown that suitable nesting areas for Eurasian ... and fertilising can be continuous over the entire field. DEFRA suggests that Eurasian Skylark ... pole s, and should not be enclosed by trees When the crop grows, the Eurasian Skylark plots areas without crop seeds become areas of low vegetation where Eurasian Skylarks can easily hunt insects ... from 10 pairs to 30 pairs over six years. Fields where Eurasian Skylarks were seen the year ... English Dictionary OED . A collective noun for Eurasian Skylarks is an exaltation . Although the OED ... Alauda arvensis Eurasian Skylark http www.oiseaux.net birds photos sky.lark.html Oiseaux images http www.bbc.co.uk suffolk nature rspb 2004 06 skylarks skylarks.shtml Eurasian Skylark on BBC website ...   more details



  1. Eurasian lynx

    Taxobox name Eurasian lynx ref name msw3 MSW3 Wozencraft pages 541 ref status LC trend down status system ... synonyms Felis lynx small Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 small br range map Eurasian Lynx area.png range map caption Eurasian lynx range The Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx is a medium sized Felidae cat native ... been classified as Least Concern , populations of Eurasian lynx have been reduced or local extinction extirpate d from western Europe, where it is now being reintroduced. Physical characteristics The Eurasian ... title Eurasian lynx date 24 April 1997 accessdate 2007 05 28 ref ref cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk nature wildfacts factfiles 27.shtml title Science & Nature Wildfacts Eurasian lynx publisher ... black tip, black tufts of hair on its ears, and a long grey and white ruff. During the summer, the Eurasian lynx has a relatively short, reddish or brown coat, which tends to be more brightly coloured ... thicker coat of silky fur that varies from silver grey to greyish brown. The underparts of the animal ... dark brown stripes on the forehead and back. Although spots tend to be more numerous in animals from southern populations, Eurasian lynx with heavily spotted fur may exist close to others with plain ... 8 ref Eurasian lynx make a range of vocalizations, but are generally silent outside of the breeding ..., and loud meow like sounds in the female. ref name WCoW Eurasian lynx are secretive, and because .... Behaviour Image Lynx lynx poing.jpg thumb left Eurasian lynx. Lynx prey on hare s, rabbit s, rodent ... and the animal may be forced to switch to larger prey. Eurasian lynx hunt using both vision and hearing, and often climb onto high rocks or fallen trees to scan the surrounding area. The Eurasian lynx ... parts of their range, Eurasian lynx will descend into the lowlands in winter, following their prey ... important predators of the Eurasian lynx are the gray wolf and the wolverine . ref name Heptner ... food is scarce, the Eurasian lynx is mainly nocturnality nocturnal or crepuscular , and spends the day ...   more details



  1. Eurasian Sparrowhawk

    Taxobox name Eurasian Sparrowhawk status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name birdlife cite web ... br A. n. nisus br A. n. punicus br A. n. wolterstorffi The Eurasian or Northern Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae . Adult male Eurasian Sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperparts and orange barred underparts females and juveniles are brown above with brown barring below. The female is up to 25 larger than the male one of the largest differences ... birds, the Eurasian Sparrowhawk can be found in any habitat and often hunts garden birds in towns ... convert 500 g oz or more. The Eurasian Sparrowhawk is found throughout the temperate and subtropical ... for winter, their southern counterparts remain resident or make dispersive movements. Eurasian Sparrowhawks ... ft across, built using twigs in a tree. Four or five pale blue, brown spotted eggs are laid the success ... built up in the bird population and the concentrations in Eurasian Sparrowhawks were enough to kill ... common, classified as being of Least Concern by BirdLife International . The Eurasian Sparrowhawk ... increased numbers of Eurasian Sparrowhawks and declines in some farmland and woodland birds after World War II. Studies of racing pigeon deaths found that Eurasian Sparrowhawks were responsible for less than 1 . Falconry Falconers have utilised the Eurasian Sparrowhawk since at least the 16th century ... Shakespeare , Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes . Taxonomy Within the Accipitridae family, the Eurasian ... word sperhauk and Old English spearhafoc , a hawk which hunts sparrows. The Old Norse name for the Eurasian ... 6 ref England English folk names for the Eurasian Sparrowhawk include Blue Hawk, referring to the adult ... 1979 location publisher Book Club Association pages 84 85 isbn 0233970371 ref The Eurasian Sparrowhawk ... dictionary chapter454.html publisher University of Adelaide accessdate 1 February 2009 ref The Eurasian ... subspecies. ref cite web url http www.birds.kz Accipiter 20nisus indexe.html title Eurasian ...   more details



  1. Eurasian Wigeon

    Taxobox name Eurasian Widgeon status LC status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name IUCN IUCN 2009 ref image Anas penelope kuribo cropped.jpg image width 250px image caption regnum Animalia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Anseriformes familia Anatidae subfamilia Anatinae genus Anas subgenus Mareca species A. penelope binomial Anas penelope binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 The Eurasian Wigeon , also known as Widgeon or Eurasian Widgeon Anas penelope , previously Mareca penelope is one of three species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas . It is common and widespread within its range. This species was first described by Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 under its current scientific name. ref name Linnaeus Linnaeus, C. 1758 ref Description This dabbling duck is convert 42 52 cm in abbr on long with a convert 71 80 cm in abbr on wingspan, and a weight of convert 500 1073 g lb abbr on . ref name Floyd Floyd, T. 2008 ref ref name CRC CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses by John B. Dunning Jr. Editor . CRC Press 1992 , ISBN 978 0 8493 ... is light brown, with plumage much like a female American Wigeon . It can be distinguished from most ... range. It migrates to southern Asia and Africa . ref name Clements In Great Britain and Ireland the Eurasian ... The Eurasian Wigeon is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grassland or marshes with some taller vegetation ... that sounds like pjiew pjiew , whereas the female has a low growl rawr . The Eurasian Wigeon is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds ... http www.aba.org birding v37n2p156.pdf Aging of American and Eurasian Wigeons in female type plumages ... birds guide w wigeon index.asp RSPB A to Z of UK Birds http ibc.lynxeds.com species eurasian wigeon anas penelope Eurasian Wigeon videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection br clear ... Birds of Iran Wigeon, Eurasian Category Birds of Asia Category Birds of Canada Wigeon, Eurasian ...   more details



  1. Eurasian Dotterel

    Taxobox name Eurasian Dotterel image Charadrius morinellus male.jpg image width 200px range map Charadrius morinellus distr..png range map caption br legend0 FF9900 Summer border solid 1px black legend0 0000FF Winter border solid 1px black regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Charadriiformes familia Charadriidae genus Charadrius species C. morinellus binomial Charadrius morinellus binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 The Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus , or in Europe just Dotterel , is a small wader in the plover family of bird s. It breeds in the Arctic tundra of northern Eurasia , from Norway to eastern Siberia , and on suitable mountain plateaus such as the Scotland Scottish highlands and the Alps . It nests in a bare ground scrape and lays two to four eggs. This species is bird migration migratory , wintering in a narrow belt across north Africa from Morocco eastwards to Iran . Migration stopovers are traditional, and small parties trips of Dotterels pass through each year at these usually inland arable or grassy sites. The winter habitat is semi desert. This plover is smaller and more compact than Eurasian Golden Plover . It has a striking whitish supercilium in all plumages and has plain wings in flight. Adults in summer are unmistakable, with a chestnut breast bordered above with white, black belly and warm brown back. The legs are yellow, and the short bill is black. As with the phalarope s, the female is brighter than the male. The male Dotterel generally is responsible for incubation and looks after the chicks. In most cases the cock dotterel successfully prevents other males from getting his mate and fertilizing her eggs. He usually rears chicks that he has fathered and only 4.6 2 44 of chicks were not the genetic ... whistle. The Eurasian Dotterel is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds AEWA applies. The Dotterel has long been considered tame and unsuspecting ...   more details



  1. Eurasian Woodcock

    Taxobox name Eurasian Woodcock status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2006 assessors ... Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus , 10th edition of Systema Naturae 1758 The Eurasian Woodcock , Scolopax ... brown upperparts and buff coloured underparts. Its eyes are set far back on its head to give it 360 ... 6 ref The Eurasian Woodcock has Camouflage Cryptic coloration in nature cryptic camouflage to suit its woodland habitat, with intricately patterned reddish brown upperparts and buff underparts. The head .... ref name bwpi Taxonomy The Eurasian Woodcock was given its current Binomial nomenclature scientific ... accessdate 13 September 2009 ref Distribution and habitat About one third of the world s Eurasian ... web author title Eurasian Woodcock work Datazone url http www.birdlife.org datazone species index.html ... Park Narodowy , Poland The Eurasian Woodcock has a large range, with an estimated Global ... has been evaluated as Least Concern . The most important threat to the population of the Eurasian ..., Y., Binet, F., Corda, E., Gossmann, F., Fritz, H. year 2005 title Habitat selection of the Eurasian ... to avian influenza may have an impact in future. ref name bli The Eurasian Woodcock s required breeding ... and small clearings are important. In winter, Eurasian Woodcock also use scrubland during the day ref name bin but in freezing weather they may use intertidal mud. ref name bli Behaviour Eurasian Woodcock ... of male Eurasian Woodcock showed that 95 of calls could be attributed correctly to individual ... ?aModele afficheN&cpsidt 19993552 ref Eurasian Woodcock nest on the ground in low cover in woodland ... leaves and other plant material. ref name tracks Cite book last Brown first Roy coauthors Ferguson, John ... brood of four white or creamy eggs with light brown and grey blotches ref name obs is laid once the clutch ... witnessed. ref name brit Food and feeding Eurasian Woodcock forage in soft soil in thickets, usually ... the day. There are only low densities of Eurasian Woodcock in predominantly Arable land arable areas ...   more details



  1. Eurasian Bittern

    Taxobox name Eurasian Bittern status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors BirdLife International year 2008 id 144718 title Botaurus stellaris downloaded 4 February 2009 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern. ref image Botaurus stellaris Marek Szczepanek .jpg image width regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae genus Botaurus species B. stellaris binomial Botaurus stellaris binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 The Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae . It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds AEWA applies. Etymology The Latin for bittern, Botaurus , also refers to the bull. The other part of its scientific name, stellata is the Latin for starry , in reference to its Feather plumage . Its folk names include barrel maker , bog bull , bog hen , bog trotter and mire drum , mainly with reference to its voice or habitat. Butterbump derives from Norfolk and refers to its high fat content when eaten as food. Description Bitterns are thickset herons with bright, pale, buffy brown plumage covered with dark streaks and bars, similar in appearance to the to the American Bittern , Botaurus lentiginosa . The Eurasian or Great Bittern ... BBC News ref Races Besides the Eurasian race, Botaurus s. stellaris , another race, Botaurus s. capensis exists in southern Africa, ref Cite web last first title Eurasian Bittern, The Internet Bird Collection url http ibc.lynxeds.com species eurasian bittern botaurus stellaris accessdate 2009 02 16 ... or bull like boom , easily audible from a distance of two miles on a calm night. Surveys of Eurasian ... Eurasian Bittern is proposed as a rational explanation behind the mythical creature drekavac in short ... ARK birds Botaurus stellaris ARKive Stills, video http www.bbc.co.uk nature species Eurasian Bittern ...   more details



  1. Eurasian Bank

    wikify date December 2010 Orphan date November 2010 Eurasian Bank JSC the large bank in Kazakhstan. Eurasian Banks was registered in the National Bank of Kazakhstan on December 26, 1994. It is headquartered in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan. During January September 2010 the bank s assets amounted to 335.5 billion tenge, equity capital 23,7 billion tenge. As of September 1, 2010, according to the Agency for Regulation of Financial Markets and Financial Organizations AFS , Eurasian Bank s asset size takes 7th place in the banking system of Kazakhstan with a share of 2,88 . Major shareholder of the Eurasian Bank JSC is a Eurasian Financial and Industrial Corporation . On June 18, 2009 Eurasian Finance Company EFK was separated from the Eurasian Financial and Industrial Corporation EFIC . JSC Eurasian Bank , Insurance Company Eurasia , Eurasian Pension Fund and Eurasia Capital joined the Eurasian finance company. On March 11, 2009 Eurasian Bank has sold three of its subsidiaries JSC Eurasian capital , JSC Eurasian Accumulative Pension Fund and JSC Insurance Company Eurasia to its sole shareholder Eurasian Financial and Industrial Company. On December 14, 2009 JSC Eurasian Bank entered into an agreement to purchase shares of CJSC Investment Company Troika Dialog and ZAO Financial Consultant Troika Dialog to acquire 100 stake in Commercial Bank Bank of Troika Dialog . Shareholders of EFIC according to the FSA are Alexander Mashkevich , Patojo Shodiev and Alijan Ibragimov . On October 14, 2009 Michael Eggleton was appointed as a Chairman of the Board of the bank. ref http www.eurasian bank.kz Bot generated title ref ref http www.finchannel.com news flash Banks 66293 Moody s assigns B1 to Eurasian Bank Kazakhstan bond issue negative outlook The FINANCIAL Moody s assigns B1 to Eurasian Bank Kazakhstan bond issue negative outlook Bot generated title ref ref http business.highbeam.com company profiles info 1284852 eurasian bank Eurasian Bank Almaty company profile, news ...   more details




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