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Arctic Animals Kelly Umland, AAS CVT [email protected] About Me Certified Veterinary Technician Work with rescues Disabled Is the “crazy rabbit lady” Where are we? Ecosystems Tundra - permafrost - Keystone species Arctic fox Ice flows - Keystone species - phytoplankton Ocean - has various depths - keystone species phytoplankton Daylight - Arctic area is anywhere the sun doesn’t set on the summer solstice Arctic Hare Scientific Name: Lepus arcticus Diet: Omnivore Size: 6-15 pounds Arctic Fox Also known as the Snow Fox Form female groups in complex dens Keystone species Still hunted for fur Arctic Wolf Mostly in North America and Greenland Carnivorous Very similar to grey wolves in pack structure Lemmings and Mustulids Lemmings - prime prey species and one of the few Arctic rodents Stoats. Ermine, Wolverines Bears! Polar bear Black bear Brown bear/Grizzly Ungulates (hooved mammals) Moose Reindeer/Caribou Musk ox Dall Sheep Geese Snow Goose Brent Goose Red breasted Goose Eider Goose Brant Goose Sea birds Terns Puffin Raptors Eagles Owls Peregrine Falcon Hawks Merlins Whales Orca Beluga Narwhal Greenland Shark Can live over 400 years Blind Lives off of dead animals Has the slowest metabolism known Has a type of anti-freeze in its blood to keep it from freezing in the deep arctic waters Seals Bearded Seal Harp Seal Harbor Seal Hooded Seal Ribbon Seal Ringed Seal Spotted Seal So Now What? You can’t change what you don’t know Look into conservation groups and do a class drive “Adopt” a class pet through a conservation group Remember that saving one being might not change the world, but it will change the world for that one being. Land Mammals Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus Polar Bear - Ursus maritimus Arctic Hare Lepus arcticus Snowshoe Hare - Lepus americanus Arctic Wolf - Canis lupus arctos Wolverine - Gulo gulo Ermine - Mustela erminea Lemming - lemmus lemmus Ungulates Caribou - Rangifer tarandus Moose - Alce alces Dall Sheep - Ovis dallj Musk Ox - Ovibos moschatus Marine Animals Beluga Whale - Delphinapterus leucas Hooded Seal - Cystophora cristata Greenland Shark - Sominosus microcephalus Ribbon Seal - Histriophoca fasciata Narwhal - Monodon monoceros Ringed Seal - Pusa hispida Orca whale - Orcinus orca Spotted Seal- Phoca largha Bearded Seal - Erignathus barbatus Harbor Seal - Phoca vitulina Harp Seal - Pagophlus groenlandicus Walrus Odobenus rosmarus Birds Arctic Skua - Stercorarius parasiticus Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus Canada Goose - Branta canadensis Ptarmigan - Lagopus muta Puffin - Fratercula arctica Bibliography/Resources https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20 Alaska Animal Rescue - TV series on Disney + fact%20file/arctic_animal.php http://polardiscovery.whoi.edu/ researchgate.net/figure/Topographic-map-show ing-modern-day-bathymetry-National-Geophysic al-Data-Center-2001-in_fig1_307653017.

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