Lucián Baláž Animals in Slovakia

Golden Eagle Wingspan – 2,3 metres 5-6 kg Diet: hares, foxes, pheasants, snakes, lizards In SVK: High and Low Tatras

Red Fox Range covers nearly 70 million km2 45 subspecies Omnivores – mice, hamsters, rats, waterfowls, insects, reptiles Enemies – other foxes, wolves, bears, eagles Have been hunted for millenia

Tatra chamois Weight – kg, height – cm Current population – population – 160 LT population – 100 Diet – grass, roots, twigs

Great bustard The heaviest flying animal European population is resident Female is about a third smaller Grasslands, steppes, open landscapes The heaviest specimen weighed 21 kg Endangered

European bison 1 of 2 extant species of bison Excessively hunted in the past The heaviest surviving animal in Europe Occasional big bull cna weigh 1000+kg Polish kings protected them They died out in the nature during WW1

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