wolf canis lupus

bears and wolves roamed free in britain until several hunderd years ago. brown bears were common during roman times. and many were exported for use in wild beast shows. but they had died out by the early middle ages, killed by farers who were concerned for the safety of their flocks and herds. they still persist in parts of west-ern europe, although they are now rare. wolves suyrived in england until about 1550, and small numbers were still to be found in scotland and lreland in the 1700s. place-names such as wolf hole cray in the forrest of bowland in lancashire recall their former moorland and mountain haunts. other large carnivores once native to britain were the glutton (or wolering) and the lynx.they probably died out in britain during the stone age. some 5,000 or more and the arctic the lynx also in few remote part of europe.
by shireen 


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