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