The fauna of the Urals is rich and various. Its basis is formed by typical representatives of the wood of the Central Russian strip - hares, bears, wolves, foxes, boars. But also there also the, unique types meet.
Roe - the smallest deerThis charming animal with big eyes and a soft hair has only meter in height. The roe lives both in flat, and in mountainous areas of the Urals, eating a grass, sprouts of bushes, leaves, a moss. The roe long time was a hunting subject - she was killed for the sake of a soft skin and meat. Brought roes and congenital poor eyesight - often they just did not see the hidden person with a gun. Now the animal is included in the Red List. In the territory of all Sverdlovsk region only about 2000 individuals live.
Hare hareThis long-eared representative of family of hare meets in the Urals everywhere. The hare is one of the largest hares - it reaches more half a meter in length and can weighs up to 6 kg. The name to this species of hares was given by his skin - light brown, ocherous wool makes an animal imperceptible in the steppe. Hares live near human dwellings and can cause considerable damage to economy.
The hare hare can gather speed to 60 km/h.
Corsac fox - the Ural foxThe Ural fox, corsac fox, is very similar to ordinary, but possesses lighter coloring. Also a corsac fox more small - all half-meter in length. In the winter these animals are covered with dense long fur, in the summer the fur coat is replaced with shorter. As well as all foxes, corsac foxes are very curious. They are capable to admit very close to themselves the person, but at the first opportunity pretend to be the dead.
Corsac foxes underwent strong destruction because of a magnificent winter skin. Now the look is included in the Red List.
Hoofed lemming - an amusing rodentMost of all lemmings are similar to tiny well-fed mice. Rodents reach of only 12-15 cm, and their weight is about 60 g. Lemmings are found in the North of mountains, near Polar Ural Mountains. Thanks to the dense fur the small animals maintain the lowest temperatures, and they live at height up to 900 m above sea level. Lemmings became known thanks to unusual behavior - sometimes the whole groups of these small animals unexpectedly migrate to the sea where break in water directly from rocks. Scientists did not find an explanation for this phenomenon yet.
GluttonThe Ural glutton is rather small predatory animal, the relative of a marten. The glutton is the only representative some kind of. In its shape it is possible to see dog, cat's, badger and even bear lines. The animal eats birds, rodents, sometimes - alpine hares. The glutton does not disdain and to select the remains of production of other predators. Despite externally clumsy look, this animal very quickly and quickly catches production.