Polar Park (Norway)

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Polar Park
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Date opened18 June 1994
Location Bardu, Norway
Coordinates 68°41′30″N18°06′35″E / 68.6917°N 18.1098°E / 68.6917; 18.1098 Coordinates: 68°41′30″N18°06′35″E / 68.6917°N 18.1098°E / 68.6917; 18.1098
Land area110 ha (270 acres)
No. of animals41 (as of July 2019)
No. of species8
Website polarpark.no

Polar Park is an animal park in the municipality of Bardu in Troms county, Norway. [1] The park opened on 18 June 1994, displaying animals in their natural habitat. With only 12 enclosures on 110 hectares (270 acres), [1] the park claims to have one of the world's biggest area-per-animal ratio. [1] It also notes that it is the world's "most northern animal park." [2]

Zoo collection of assorted wild animal species kept for purposes like: study, conservation and, or, commercial exhibition

A zoo is a facility in which all animals are housed within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also breed.

Bardu Municipality in Troms, Norway

Bardu is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Setermoen, the largest urban area in the municipality.

Troms County (fylke) of Norway

Troms (pronounced [trʊms] or Romsa  or Tromssa  is a county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea.

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The park specializes in Nordic fauna, including Norway's four largest predators: brown bear, lynx, wolf, and wolverine. [3] There are also moose, muskox, red deer, and reindeer. [2] In October 2015, hunters accidentally wandered into the park's area and shot two red deer. [4] As of July 2019, the number of each species resident in the park are listed on the park's website as follows:

Fauna set of animal species in any particular region and time

Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora. Flora, fauna and other forms of life such as fungi are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess Shale fauna". Paleontologists sometimes refer to a sequence of faunal stages, which is a series of rocks all containing similar fossils. The study of animals of a particular region is called faunistics.

Brown bear Species of bear found across much of northern Eurasia and North America.

The brown bear is a bear that is found across much of northern Eurasia and North America. In North America, the populations of brown bears are often called grizzly bears. It is one of the largest living terrestrial members of the order Carnivora, rivaled in size only by its closest relative, the polar bear, which is much less variable in size and slightly larger on average.

Lynx genus of mammals

A lynx is any of the four species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. The name lynx originated in Middle English via Latin from the Greek word λύγξ, derived from the Indo-European root leuk- in reference to the luminescence of its reflective eyes.

SpeciesPopulation
Brown bear 6
Lynx 4
Moose 3
Muskox 3
Red deer 4
Reindeer 13
Wolf 7
Wolverine 1

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Polar Park". polarpark.no. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Frontpage". polarpark.no. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Visitor Centre Carnivore". polarpark.no. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  4. ↑ Shepherd, Chuck (October 30, 2015). "News of the Weird". Springfield News-Sun . Springfield, Ohio. p. B9. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
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