The Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear found within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the largest extant bear species, as well as the largest extant land...
The North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) is a semiaquatic mammal that lives along its waterways and coasts. It is the only river otter that is found north of Mexico. These animals live in burrows and like most predators, prey upon the most...
The Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) is a sub-species of grey wolves. These wolves spend their lives in the Arctic tundra, higher than the northern tree line. They are the only wolves in the world with their coloring, unique due to the environment...
The Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) is a true seal that lives along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals). Harbor seals like to...
The American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) is one of three species of tree squirrels currently classified in the genus Tamiasciurus, known as the pine squirrels. The American red squirrel is variously known as the Pine squirrel, North...
The Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus) is a highly adapted hare to living in the Arctic tundra and other icy biomes. They can travel together with many other hares and can run up to 60 kilometers per hour (40 mph).
The Eastern meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) is a North American rodent. It is active year-round, usually at night. It also digs burrows, where it stores food for the winter and females give birth to their young.
The Arctic ground squirrel (Urocitellus parryii ) (Inuktitut: ᓯᒃᓯᒃ, siksik ) is a species of ground squirrel native to the Arctic and Subarctic of North America and Asia. People in Alaska, particularly around the Aleutians, refer to them as "parka"...
The barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus ) is a subspecies of the reindeer (or the caribou in North America) that is found mainly in the Canadian territories of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, as well as in Kitaa, Greenland....
The meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius ) is the most widely distributed mouse in the family Zapodidae. Its range extends from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Great Plains west, and from the arctic tree lines in Canada and Alaska to the...
The Western moose (Alces alces andersoni ) is a subspecies of moose. It is the second largest North American subspecies of moose, second to the Alaskan moose. This subspecies is prey to timber wolves, bears.
The Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) is a subspecies of caribou found in the High Arctic islands of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in Canada. Peary caribou were named after the American explorer Robert Peary. They are called tuktu in...
The northern collared lemming or Nearctic collared lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus ), sometimes called the Peary Land collared lemming in Canada, is a small lemming found in Arctic North America and Wrangel Island. At one time, it was considered...
The southern red-backed vole or Gapper's red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi ) is a small slender vole found in Canada and the northern United States. It is closely related to the western red-backed vole (Myodes californius ), which lives to the south...
The northern red-backed vole (Myodes rutilus ) is a small slender vole found in Alaska, northern Canada, Scandinavia and northern Russia.
The northern bog lemming (Synaptomys borealis ) is a small North American lemming. It is one of two species in the genus Synaptomys, the other being the southern bog lemming.
The taiga vole (Microtus xanthognathus ) is a large vole found in northwestern North America, including Alaska and northwestern Canada. The name "taiga vole" comes from its living in the boreal taiga zone. It is also sometimes called the...
The Ungava collared lemming or Labrador collared lemming (Dicrostonyx hudsonius ) is a small North American lemming.This species has a short, chunky body covered with brownish-grey fur, with a thin dark stripe along the back and a yellow line along...
The eastern heather vole, (Phenacomys ungava ), is a small North American vole. Until recently, this species was considered to belong to the same species as the western heather vole, Phenacomys intermedius. It is also called the Ungava vole.Though...
The Richardson's collared lemming (Dicrostonyx richardsoni ) is a small North American lemming. At one time, they were considered to be a subspecies of the Arctic lemming, Dicrostonyx torquatus. Some sources believe they are a subspecies of the...
The Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) is a population or subspecies of the Brown bear that is found in North America. Native American tribes living among Brown bears often view them with a mixture of awe and fear. North American brown bears...
