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A grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) feeding a pup, island of Skye.. The fauna of Scotland is generally typical of the northwest European part of the Palearctic realm, although several of the country's larger mammals were hunted to extinction in historic times and human activity has also led to various species of wildlife being introduced.
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Scotland's mountain ranges can be divided in a roughly north to south direction into: the Scottish Highlands, the Central Belt and the Southern Uplands, the latter two primarily belonging to the Scottish Lowlands. The highlands eponymously contains the country's main mountain ranges, but hills and mountains are to be found south of these as ...
By international standards, Scotland's mountains are not high, but their exposure to changeable and very unpredictable weather influenced by the meeting of European and Atlantic air streams gives them seriousness that is out of proportion with their height. The Grampian Mountains is a mountain range that is to the east of the Great Glen.
Mountain ranges of Scotland. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C. Cairngorms (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Mountain ranges of Scotland
The Cairngorms (Scottish Gaelic: Am Monadh Ruadh) are a mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain Cairn Gorm.The Cairngorms became part of Scotland's second national park (the Cairngorms National Park) on 1 September 2003. [2]
Endemic fauna of Scotland (15 P) S. Fauna of St Kilda, Scotland (6 P) Fauna of Shetland (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Fauna of Scotland"
Schiehallion (/ ʃ iː ˈ h æ l i. ə n /; [2] Scottish Gaelic: Sìth Chailleann, [3] IPA: [ʃiˈxaʎən̪ˠ]) is a prominent cone-shaped mountain in the Breadalbane region of the Scottish Highlands, in the county of Perthshire. It rises to 1,083 metres (3,553 ft) and is classed as a Munro.