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kinds of voles and their
teeth are very distinctive,
archaeologists can use their
fossilised teeth to help date
sites. This is called the
“Vole Clock”!
Weight: 200g
Diet: Herbivore
Range: Europe
Weight: 100g
Diet: Herbivore
Range: Europe
Lemmings are extremely
common in cold places today,
like Norway and Sweden.
Many people think that they
jump off cliffs but this isn’t
actually true!
The rodents, which include mice, rats, voles, lemmings, hamsters and gerbils, all have a habit of
chewing things. In fact, that’s what the name “rodent” means!
HERBIVORES: RODENTS
WATER VOLE
NORWAY LEMMING
paintings in the world can
be found at Chauvet Cave
in France. One of the
beautiful pictures is of a
pride of cave lions hunting
bison.
Height: 1.2m (shoulder)
Weight: 315 kg
Diet: Carnivore
Range: Eurasia
Height: 1m (shoulder)
Weight: 160 kg
Diet: Carnivore
Range: Eurasia, Africa
Scimitar-toothed cat fossils
are very rare in Britain, but
one impressive fang was
found at Creswell Crags.
Their teeth were jagged like
knives, to help them tear
into the flesh of prey.
Did you know that the famous sabre-toothed cat never lived in Britain? These two big cats were
the closest thing to it that you would find in this part of the world.
PREDATORS: BIG CATS
CAVE LION
SCIMITAR-TOOTHED CAT
back to the grey wolf,
who was their ancient
ancestor. Archaeologists
think that humans started
to tame wolves during the
Ice Age.
Height: 0.7m (shoulder)
Weight: 40 kg
Diet: Carnivore
Range: Eurasia & N.
America
Height: 1m (shoulder)
Weight: 225kg
Diet: Carnivore
Range: Eurasia
Cave hyenas would grind
up bones with their teeth
to get the rich fat inside.
Swallowing bits of bone
made their poo fossilize,
something archaeologists call
“coprolite” (poo stone)!
Did you know that we have the most complete baby hyena fossil in Europe at Creswell Crags?
His name is Eric and he even has his own Fan Club!
PREDATORS: PACK HUNTERS
GREY WOLF
CAVE HYENA
soft and warm, so Ice Age
hunters may have trapped
them for their furs. Their
teeth were often used by
Ice Age people for
jewellery.
Height: 0.3m (shoulder)
Weight: <10 kg
Diet: Carnivore
Range: Eurasia &
N. America
Height: 0.7m (shoulder)
Weight: 25 kg
Diet: Carnivore
Range: Eurasia
Lynx stalk their prey and
use gaps in rocks to hide
themselves. When
they’re close, they
pounce… BAM! By being
sneaky they can kill
animals as large as deer!
Smaller predatory animals would eat little animals like rodents, birds, fish and even the young of
larger animals like deer.
PREDATORS: SOLO HUNTERS
ARCTIC FOX
EURASIAN LYNX
ferret is actually a tamed
polecat? People use
ferrets to catch rabbits
because they are so
flexible and good at
hunting.
Weight: 1kg
Diet: Omnivore
Range: Eurasia
Weight: 25kg
Diet: Omnivore
Range: Eurasia & N.
America
Wolverines have several
common names. They get
called “skunk bear” because
they are so smelly (but
not actually a bear), and
“glutton” because they eat
a lot.
These animals are closely related to weasels, otters and badgers. Animals of this family are called
mustelids and they are all very good hunters even though they are not very large.
PREDATORS: MUSTELIDS
EUROPEAN POLECAT
WOLVERINE
where Neanderthal people
buried their dead together
with bodies of cave bears.
Do you think bears were
special to Neanderthal
people?
Height: 1.5m (shoulder)
Weight: 500 kg
Diet: Omnivore
Range: Eurasia
Height: 1.0 m (shoulder)
Weight: 200 kg
Diet: Omnivore
Range: Europe, Asia,
N. America
Brown bears can still
be found across much
of the world. There
are lots of different
types, like grizzly
bears and Kodiak
bears.
Bears can be very fierce if they are protecting themselves, but they are not just predators. They
have a very mixed diet including meat, fish and plants. Cave bears were mostly vegetarian!
OMNIVORES: BEARS
CAVE BEAR
BROWN BEAR
liv ing in cold places.
They have feathered eyelids
to keep their eyes from
freezing and wide feathery
feet to help them walk in
the snow!
Weight: 600g
Diet: Herbivore
Range: Eurasia, N.
America
Weight: 300g
Diet: Carnivore
Range: Eurasia, N.
America, S.
America
All owls are fantastic
hunters with extremely
good eyesight. To help
their v ision, they can
rotate their head almost
completely around in a
circle!
As there were not many trees for much of the Ice Age, a lot of the birds back then were species
which nest in rocks or on the ground.
ICE AGE BIRDS
ROCK PTARMIGAN
SHORT-EARED OWL
shaggy coats of fur with
very long hairs which
can reach right down to
the ground. Can you
think of a use for this
fur?
Height: 1.5m (shoulder)
Weight: 400 kg
Diet: Herbivore
Range: Eurasia & N.
America
Height: 1m (shoulder)
Weight: 70 kg
Diet: Herbivore
Range: Europe
The ibex is a type of
agile mountain goat which
currently lives in the
Alps. Males are much
bigger than females and
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