Wolf

Possibly no animal has been so misunderstood feared, hated, and persecuted throughout history as the wolf. The gray wolf, also called the timber wolf, is the largest of about 41 wild species within the exception of the red wolf of southeastern. Texas and southerm Louisiana, all living wolves are consider as single species, Canis Lupus. The red wolf, canis rufus is similar to but smaller than the gray wolves and is intermediate in many characteristics between gray wolves and cayotes, indeed it has been suggested that the red wolf originated as a fertile cross between gray wolves and cayotes.

Characteristic
The size of wolves varies with geographic lacality. Adult range from about 127 to 164 cm from nose to tip of tail, from 65 to 90 cm high at the shoulder, and from 18 to 80 kg in weight. The red wolf is at the lower end of this range, seldom exceeding 30 kg in weight. Coat colors vary from pure white, which is predominant in the north, through motted gray to brown or black. Grizzled gray is the most common color. The red wolf is usually a reddish tan.

Wolves can live in a variety of habitats, ranging from arctic tundra to forest and praire. The are absent from desert and the highest mountains. At one time the wolf occured throughout most of the Nortern Hemisphere north of 20^o north latitude, or approximately from the Arctic to south central Mexico. Attempts to exterminate the animals have reduced this range considerably. On the Old world Wolf still exist in the sofyet union, china, northern India, eastern Europe, and in very small numbers, Western Europe. Most new world wolf population are in Canada and Alaska. A small population exist in Mexico. Of the 48 contigeous states only Minnessota currently has a wolf population large enough to maintain itself.

Marten

Martens are eight species of usually arboreal, weasellike mammals of the genus Martes in the weasel family, Mustelidae. The genus includes the sable, M. zibellina, and the fisher, M. pennanti, as well as those animals commonly called martens. Martens range up to 60 cm (2 ft) long, plus a 30 cm (1-ft) tail, and reach 2 kg (4.5 lb) in weight. Their fur is soft and thick and commercially valuable. It ranges in color from golden brown to almost black, with a characteristic whitish yellow to reddish yellow patch on the throat and chest. Martens feed mainly on rodents, but also eat rabbits, birds, fruit, insects, and carrion. Martens display the phenomenon of sects, and carrion. Martens display the phenomenon of delayed implantation, in which the fertilized ovum (egg) halts its development and remains free within the uterus for varying length of time; as a result, gestation in martens may last 7 to 9 months. Mating occurs in summer and the usually two to four young are born in early spring.

The American marten, M. Americana, also called the American sable, is found from Alaska to eastern, Canada south into the western United States. In Indonesia this kind animals called as Musang. The Eurasian pine marten, M. martes, and the beech or stone marten, M. foina, have been overhunted and exterminated from many parts of their range.

The American marten inhabits North America forest, hunting squirrels and other prey in tree branches. Closely related to the mink, the marten is prized for its glossy brown fur.

Five Sumatra Tigers being Moved

Five Sumatra tiger are being moved from Aceh to Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia. Safari Park Team of Indonesia make health inspection of a Sumatra tiger have quarantined for 8 months in Office of Experienced Resource Conservation Hall ( BKSDA), Aceh, Banda Aceh, last Thursday (26/6). Five Sumatra tiger that supposed attack human being in Aceh forest area hereinafter will translocation to area of National Park of South Bukit Barisan, Lampung.

Five tiger consisted of four male tiger and one female being catch because of often generate conflict with the citizen. Citizen over there have refused of that tiger. CONFLICT happened because of the habitat of them have destroyed and unable to provide the food source so that they descend to civil locations.

After being catch, the fifth of tiger is penned in the cage with size measure 2x3 meters. Placement in the cage is done for six-month is not fulfilling the freedom standard of freedom and tiger straggling. That tiger also become depended to human being, especially in the case of food.

Fifth evacuation of tiger and one crocodile need time almost all day long . By using of rental hercules aeroplane, time travel from Aceh to Lamung about 3.5 hours. The plane take off from NAD at 07.00 and arrive at the Airport of Raden Intan Lampung at 10.30.

According to information of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild of Fauna of and Flora (CITES), Sumatra tiger have entered in appendix I or critically of high level. Population of this animal in tropical forest of Sumatra estimated just 350-400 tigers.