Childrens Illustrated Animal Atlas

Siberian wapiti

Baikal seal

Siberian blue robin

Siberian

wood frog

Snow sheep

Siberian

rubythroat

Siberian

chipmunk

Siberian flying

squirrel

Location

Taiga stretches over

northeast Russia, eastward

to the Pacific Ocean.

Summers are short, but the

winters are long and snowy.

HABITAT KEY

Coniferous

forests

Deciduous

forests

SCALE

300 kilometers

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300 miles

Fur-covered flaps of

skin linking its legs let

this tiny squirrel glide

from tree to tree.

This seal lives only in

Lake Baikal, which is

an icy, freshwater lake

in Russian Siberia.

Blue robins often look

for food near rivers,

but they never stray

far from the forest.

Wood frogs spend

the winter

hibernating in holes

on river bottoms.

Both male and female

snow sheep have big,

curved horns that grow

in a corkscrew shape

as they get older.

This is the only chipmunk

found outside North

America. It has five dark

and four white stripes

running along its back.

Its main home is the

taiga, but this little

bird is sometimes

spotted in Scotland

and North America.

The Ural owl aggressively defends its

territory, chasing away intruders.

Black woodpecker

Strong neck muscles and a

sharp bill make this bird

a champion wood borer.

It chisels out holes in tree

trunks, where it lays its eggs.

Ural owl

This big owl hunts rodents,

frogs, and birds that it spots

from its perch. In spring, it

sings a courtship duet with

its lifelong mate.

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