Prepared by the students of Sapes Junior High School

Animals – Introduction
 Jackal (Canis aureus)
 Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
 Brown bear (Ursus arctos)
 Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)
 Sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
 Dolphin
 Mafrogipas (Aegypius monachus)
 Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica)

Jackal (Canis aureus)
 Current population aprox. 1500
 They live in Chalkidiki, Samos, Peloponisos and
Thraki

Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
 Cervus elaphus (Kokkino Elafi) lives in Rodopi and
Parnitha
 It is the biggest vegetarian animal in Greece
 WWF protect those species

Brown bear (Ursus arctos)
 In Greece there are about 150 brown bears in life
 They live in Rodopi’s and Pindo’s mountains
 ARKTOS protect this endangered animal

Mediterranean monk seal
(Monachus monachus)
 Half of the seals worldwide live in greek seas
 They can live approximately 40 years
 WWf organization protect these species

Sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
 Caretta Caretta generates 120 eggs every summer
 In Greece Zakinthos island is the place where it bear its eggs
 It lives 80 years

Dolphin
 In Greece we can find only 9 dolphins out of 32 worldwide
 It is the most favorite mammal for greeks

Mafrogipas (Aegypius monachus)
 This specie does not immigrates
 There are 90-100 species in Greece
 Mafrogipas is protected by WWF

Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica)
 Males live alone, except the breeding season
 Hunters are forbidden to hunt Chamois
 WWF protect them

 White peony
 Red lily ( Lilium chalcedonicum)
 Red tulip
 Ebony's Sibthorp

White peony (Aspri peonia)
 There are 5 different kinds of peony in Greece
 We found the in mountains
 The flowering season lasts all spring

Red lily ( Lilium chalcedonicum)
 It has 4 very small populations in Parnitha
 They are very endangered species

 It grows in meadows and fields of low and medium altitude
 Now thought to have disappeared from the mountain

 Endemic to Southeast Greece
 Found a small population in the area of
Thrakomakedonon

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