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Large Mammals

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These are the largest of the brown bears, growing up to 1,760 pounds and seven and one half feet in length. This size is mostly due to their diet of fatty fish, such as salmon. Their life span is about 20 years.
These creatures are native to the desert regions of Asia and northern Africa. They can carry loads of up to 1,000 pounds. The humps are stores for flesh and fat, absorbed as nutrition when food is scarce.
Alaskan Brown Bear
Bactrian Camel
These sure-footed animals inhabit cliff regions of Alaska and northern British Columbia. They are related to musk ox and mountain goats.
These creatures can subsist on land unusable for farming. The milk of goats is used extensively in making various cheeses. Their wool is also a valuable product.
Dall Sheep
Domestic Goat
Also known as wapiti, elk used to roam throughout the temperate regions of the western hemisphere but are now found mostly in mountainous areas of western United States and Canada. The sound the male elk makes is called bugling.
There are two species of wolf - grey and red. The Mexican grey wolf is considered a sub-species. They are pack animals, living in groups of up to 24 members. They mate for life.
Elk
Gray Wolf
This is the largest of the deer family and are powerful swimmers. Moose means eater of twigs in the language of the Algonquin. Some males can weigh up to 1,600 pounds
This large cat can reach a body length of six and one half feet long. Other names for these felines are cougar and puma. They are native to North and South American. They hunt elk, deer and smaller mammals.
Moose
Mountain Lion