What Animals Are in the Taiga Forest?
Grizzly Bear image by Tone from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a06/h3/kh/animals-taiga-forest_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Several animals are structurally adapted to live in the taiga’s cold, harsh climate. The taiga, derived from the Russian word “forest,” is one of the largest and coldest terrestrial habitats on Earth. Also known as boreal forest, the coniferous forests of the taiga lie between the tundra and deciduous forests, and stretch across Eurasia and North America. Despite a cold and harsh climate that ranges from around -50 degrees Celsius to 30 degrees Celsius all through the year; several animals have structurally adapted themselves to survive in the taiga. Prominent among the taiga animals are grizzly bears, moose, wolverine, lynx, and red fox. Grizzly Bears Grizzly bears have silver-tinted fur and are identifiable by a strange shoulder hump that is absent in other bears. Omnivo
