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A subspecies of the extant brown bear (Ursus arctos) evolved in, and was thus native to, ancient Ireland.This Irish brown bear likely lived much as bears do today, as a primarily carrion-scavenging, omnivorous grazer and browser, opportunistically consuming invertebrates and insect larvae, as well.
Bears of this subspecies appear very frequently in the fairy tales and fables of Europe, in particular, tales collected by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. The European brown bear was once common in Germany and alpine lands like Northern Italy , Eastern France, and most of Switzerland, and thus appears in tales of various dialects of German.
In Europe, there are 14,000 brown bears in ten fragmented populations, from Spain (estimated at only 20–25 animals in the Pyrenees in 2010, [5] [6] in a range shared between Spain, France and Andorra, and some 210 animals in Asturias, Cantabria, Galicia and León, in the Picos de Europa and adjacent areas in 2013 [7]) in the west, to Russia in the east, and from Sweden and Finland in the ...
c. 1000 – 500 BC in Ireland; [24] see Bears in Ireland: Polar bear: Ursus maritimus: Carnivora: c. 18,000 BP [25] Eurasian lynx: Lynx lynx: Carnivora: c. 700 [26] or c. 1760 [27] Subfossil evidence suggests an early medieval extinction, but a written record indicates persistence in Scotland into the late 18th century. [27] Grey wolf: Canis ...
Bears reach sexual maturity shortly after they disperse; at around three to six years depending on the species. Male Alaskan brown bears and polar bears may continue to grow until they are 11 years old. [102] Lifespan may also vary between species. The brown bear can live an average of 25 years. [109]
We live in bear country. Downtown Greenville is bear country, Berea is bear country," Waldrop said. "These little communities that are in urban areas are bear country. That's where the bears live ...
The red deer is the largest native mammal species, and is common throughout England, Scotland and Wales. The other indigenous species is the roe deer . The common fallow deer was not naturally present Britain during the Holocene, having been brought over from France by the Normans in the late 11th century.
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