61. Winter Wildlife Washington wildlife adds significantly to the thrill of winter recreation. Coyote; Red fox; Raccoon; Marten; Mink; Fisher; ermine; Wolverine; Skunk http://www.parks.wa.gov/winter/wildlife.asp

Home Reservations Park Information Rental Places ... ADA Recreation Winter Wildlife Washington wildlife adds significantly to the thrill of winter recreation. Winter sports lead to remote areas, where sportsmen are often gifted with prime views of seldom-seen birds and animals. Unfortunately, sports enthusiasts can harm or even kill the animals they observe, simply by their interest. Coming closer to an animal to see it better usually causes an animal to run. This, in turn, uses up valuable energy and fat in the season when food is scarce and the animal needs to rest to survive. Fat is needed for metabolic fuel and to sustain body temperature in extreme cold. Unnecessary movement caused by escape from a predator in wintertime, or the fear generated by a human disturbance, speeds the loss of fat reserves and decreases the chances of an animal's survival. Remember: Be sensitive to the needs of animals. Stop and go around them or wait for them to move. Avoid close contact with wildlife. Minimize noise. Help animals conserve their food supply. Avoid damaging brush, trees and grass. Little nutritional food is available in the dormancy of winter.

62. Reindeer Herding And Petroleum Development On Poluostrov Yamal: Sustainable Deve Substantial populations of terrestrial wildlife still exist (Dobrinskii 1997), fox, ermine, wolf, squirrel, otter, wolverine, sable, muskrat and hare. http://www.thearctic.is/articles/cases/reindeer/enska/kafli_0200.htm

PDF-version of this article Reindeer herding and petroleum development on Poluostrov Yamal: Sustainable development or mutually incompatiable uses by Bruce Forbes CHAPTERS: Background and introduction Viable wildlife populations Impacts of petroleum exploration and reindeer grazing on ecosystems Development scenarios and conclusions Acknowledgements References Previous Chapter Next Chapter Viable wildlife populations The pelt output trends for some mammals reveal steep declines. For example, the number of arctic fox pelts produced between 1962-64 ranged from 23324 to 32406. In 1988 the number was 4334. Others, such as wolverine, vary greatly - from a high of 148 in 1969 to a low of 7 as recently as 1983 - with no clear pattern (Vilchek 1992). The dangers of using such data to estimate actual wildlife populations are well-known (cf. Usher and Wenzel 1987). Nonetheless, I simply wish to demonstrate that the full suite of indigenous wild animals has survived in the context of reindeer herding for several centuries, despite increasingly intense hunting, trapping, fishing and industrial pressures from non-Nenets in the last several decades. The arctic fox is considered to be particularly at risk. In the early phases of intensive gas field development, 13% of dens were substantially or totally destroyed during the construction of roads, facilities, and quarries, in addition to uncontrolled off-road traffic by tracked vehicles. Since then the pace of development has increased substantially, as has poaching by crew workers, and there is concern for the long-term viability of the central Yamal population (Dobrinskii and Sosin 1995). In addition to wild mammals, each year many Nenets-owned reindeer and tons of fish are taken illegally by non-Natives (Forbes pers. obs.; Golovnev and Osherenko 1999; L. Okotetto, pers. comm., Panaevsk Sovkhoz, Yamal Peninsula, March 1999).

63. Parks Canada - Banff National Park Of Canada - Natural Wonders And Cultural Trea A print friendly version of the Banff National Park wildlife Checklist Mammals ermine Mustela erminea Least Weasel Mustela nivalis http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/natcul/natcul25_E.asp

Français Contact Us Help Search ... Planning Your Visit Search Enter a keyword: Introduction What's New Visitor Information Climate and Geology ... Park Management Public Safety Important Bulletins Weather Forecast Trail Conditions Report Road Conditions Report ... Avalanche Bulletin Contact Us Banff National Park Box 900 Banff, AB Canada Phone: Fax: Email: banff.vrc@pc.gc.ca Banff National Park of Canada WILDLIFE CHECKLIST OF BANFF NATIONAL PARK Moose MAMMALS Shrews Bats Pikas and Hares Rodents ... A print friendly version of the Banff National Park Wildlife Checklist: Mammals (Adobe PDF document - 139 Kb) Other Species: Fish SHREWS Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus Dusky Shrew Sorex monticolus Northern Water Shrew Sorex palustris Pygmy Shrew Sorex hoyi BATS Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus (CWS) Long-eared Bat Myotis evotis (CWS) Long-legged Bat Myotis volans (CWS) Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans (CWS) Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus (CWS) Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus (CWS) PIKAS AND HARES Pika Ochotona princeps Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus (CWS) RODENTS Least Chipmunk Tamias minimus Yellow-pine Chipmunk Tamias amoenus Hoary Marmot Marmota caligata Columbian Ground Squirrel Spermophilus columbianus Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Spermophilus lateralis Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus Beaver Castor canadensis (CWS) Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus Bushy-tailed Wood Rat (packrat) Neotoma cinerea Southern Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys gapperi Heather Vole Phenacomys intermedius Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus

64. Msdone Thesis Sources of variability in diet reconstruction from ermine scat analysisWas Biologist with the Canadian wildlife Service http://people.eku.edu/frederickb/msdone.htm

EKU MS graduates who completed their research under the direction of Bob Frederick (in alphabetical order; send me any updates please): Heather Brace M.S.: 2003 Thesis : Inter-specific interaction between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and gray foxes (urocyon cinereoargenteus) and preference for urban or undeveloped areas in Maryland Current Position : Zoologist, Wildlife Safari, Winston, OR (www.wildlifesafari.org) Address :1150 NE Freemont St., Roseburg, OR 97470 (Ph. 541-672-8431) Email : hbrace78@yahoo.com David Cobb M.S.: 1985 ; Ph.D. (NC State) Thesis : Computer simulation modeling of Raccoon, Red Fox, and Gray Fox populations in Kentucky Was : Wild Turkey Program Coordinator, then Non-Game Coordinator, then Assistant Bureau Chief for Biodiversity Conservation with Florida Game and Inland Fisheries Current Position : Chief, Wildlife Management Division Address : North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27604-1188 (Ph. 919-733-7291) E-mail : cobbdt@mail.wildlife.state.nc.us Mary Gamberg M.S.: 1989

65. Tundra Wildlife And Plants Adaptations, Division Of Wildlife Conservation, Alask Information on Tundra wildlife and Plants Adaptations. Small mammals, suchas tundra voles, lemmings, ermine, and shrews can t hibernate. http://www.wildlife.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=ecosystems.tundralife

66. Alaska's Boreal Forest Life, Division Of Wildlife Conservation, Alaska Departmen Information on the wildlife in Alaska s Boreal Forest Ecosystem. Small mammalssuch as voles and ermine spend much of their winter lives under the snow, http://www.wildlife.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=ecosystems.boreallife

67. Buff Ermine Moths Photos and info about Buff ermine Moths. A Site for Anyone Interested in the.wildlife and Countryside of Britain http://www.uksafari.com/buffermines.htm

A Site for Anyone Interested in the Wildlife and Countryside of Britain Site Map Bookmark About Us Contact Us Sent to you by e-mail Simply enter your details and hit the send button more info Your name e-mail address Articles Contributors Freebies Links Directory ... Wildlife Rescue " Nuthin Else Here Go back up " Buff Ermines Go back E-Mail Us Print Page Latin name: Spilosoma lutea Size: Wingspan up to 42mms Distribution: Found in most parts of the UK. Months seen: May to July Food: The caterpillars feed on a variety of plants and trees. Habitat: Woods, parks and gardens. Special features: The buff ermine moth is so called because of its buff colouring. The female is generally paler and the black spots appear more prominent. Buff ermine moths often fall prey to birds, because their colour is so obvious. The buff ermine is similar in appearance to the white ermine moth, which is distasteful to birds. It's possible the buff ermines similar appearance could help to protect them from birds. TRACK DOWN MORE INFO UK Safari Moth Section More websites about moths Web The UK Safari Website Advertise Add A Site Link to Us

68. Species At Risk - Canadian Wildlife Service - Environment Canada ermine haidarum subspecies. More Information Distribution Map. Killer Whale (NortheastPacific southern resident population) http://www.sis.ec.gc.ca/ec_species/ec_species_e.phtml

Contact Us Help Search Canada Site ... About Us NOTE: Before beginning a search and using the results of your search, you must read and understand the Data Description and Limitations and . This web mapping application is limited to species belonging to SARA Schedule 1 ... [ see the species list below ] Number of Species Map Layers Lat-Long Water Redraw Map Notes: Click a taxonomic group to view the list of species at risk for that group. Click a numeric value to display only the distribution maps for the species that belong to the selected taxonomic group and risk category. Click for more information about a species. Click to view the species distribution map. Pale highlighting Species that belong to the selected taxonomic group and risk category (by default, all taxonomic groups and risk categories have been selected). Bright highlighting Species that were found in the query area. Mammals Birds Reptiles... Fishes ... All Last update: 2004-12-07 Important Notices URL of this page: http://www.sis.ec.gc.ca/ec_species/ec_species_e.phtml Mammals All Endangered Threatened Special Concern American Badger jacksoni subspecies American Badger jeffersonii subspecies Black-tailed Prairie Dog Eastern Mole Eastern Wolf Ermine haidarum subspecies Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific southern resident population) Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific northern resident population) Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific transient population) Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific offshore population) Mountain Beaver Newfoundland Marten Pacific Water Shrew

69. Copper Mountain - Winter Wildlife Winter wildlife. This brief guide is designed to assist in identifying some ofthe more the ermine (a weasel), the Snowshoe Hare, and the Porcupine. http://www.coppercolorado.com/aboutus/winter_wildlife/

Skip Navigation Deals Lodging Getting Here ... About Us Winter Wildlife About Us Resort Info Partners History ... Sharpshooter Photography Winter Wildlife This brief guide is designed to assist in identifying some of the more common birds, animals, trees and other natural features of Copper in the winter. Copper is located in the southern Rockies of the United States and the central rockies of Colorado. Copper's base elevation is 9712' and the highest skiing access is 12,313'. Elevation and latitude determine the climate, which in turn determines the weather, the great light powder snow, the trees and plants which in turn determine the wildlife. Animals Four animals are common at Copper in the winter: the Chickaree (pine squirrel), the Ermine (a weasel), the Snowshoe Hare, and the Porcupine. More Information Birds Five birds frequent Copper in the winter. Two are commonly seen, the Camprobber Jay and the Raven. If you keep your eyes open you may also see the Mountain Chickadee, Ptarmigan, Blue Grouse, and Golden Eagle. More Information Mountain Features "Uplifting" millions of years ago formed the Rocky Mountains. This took place most recently by glaciers about 10,000 years ago. The climate and the weather determine many of the features that you see today.

70. Kiwi New Zealand Native Birds Animals Wildlife Viewing Tours New Zealand Kiwi Bi The New Zealand Experience at Willowbank wildlife Reserve has guided wildlifeviewing They are famed in some instances for their fur, called ermine. http://www.willowbank.co.nz/experience.asp

The Wildlife Reserve Map The New Zealand Experience By day or night, you'll be enchanted by our guided wildlife viewing tour through the 'New Zealand Experience' and delighted by the extensive display of native and introduced birds and animals that make up New Zealand's wildlife. As you wander through the native bush like setting our guides will explain the unique stories of our fauna and flora. Be captivated by the ponds of giant Trout and Salmon , a walk through the massive 'Alpine' aviaries , which house the world's only 'mountain parrot' - the Kea, while tunnels and caves make this an area of constant surprise. Of course the highlight of your trip will be New Zealand's elusive national symbol - the Kiwi bird . At Willowbank, we don't hide our Kiwis away behind a glass wall. Instead, they are in an open and natural enclosure. New Zealand Kiwi birds can be viewed from 10.30am through to 10pm each day, all year round. You can visit our Kiwi friends in New Zealand's largest nocturnal house - by day. If you visit in the evening, they may be viewed outside under the stars (a world first). Either way this is a unique experience and our emphasis is on creating a natural environment. This area also provides your guests with the opportunity to see some of New Zealand's other nocturnal wildlife, such as Silverbellied

71. CHAI - Reality Check - Wildlife Body Parts This typical retail price list, from a supplier of wildlife items, shows the low ermine Skins, $12.00. ermine Skins, no tail, $5.00. ermine Tails, $6.00 http://www.chai.org.il/_chai_sites/en/compassion/reality/reality_bodyparts.htm

Search Compassionate Living Reality Check Wildlife Body Parts, Fur, and Leather REALITY CHECK TOPICS Reality Check Contents RELATED TOPICS Our Clothes Fur Leather Reptile Skin Body parts and hides of animals are inexpensive and readily available for seamstresses, craftsmen, and home decorators. This typical retail price list, from a supplier of wildlife items, shows the low value placed on animals Animal Price, Each, US$ Arctic Fox Skins Badger Skins Beaver Skins Black Bear Hides Bobcat Skins Buffalo Leather $6.50 / ft. (35 cm.) Coyote Faces Coyote Skins Coyote Tails Deer or Elk Leather $4.00 / ft. (35 cm.) Deer Skins, hair on Ermine Skins Ermine Skins, no tail Ermine Tails Fox Faces Fox Tails: White, Silver, Red, or Grey Grey Fox Skins Grouse Skins Horse Hair Bundles: Black or White Horse Tails Lynx Skins Marten Skins Mink Skins Mink Tails Muskrat Skins Otter Hides Otter Tails Painted Turtle Shells Peafowl Feathers Pheasant Skins, with tail Pheasant Skins, without tail Porcupine Hair $25.00 / ounce Porcupine Skins, dried Prairie Rattle Snake Skins, dried

72. AUTHORIZATION CHECK Prey hair and bone recovery in ermine scats. Journal of wildlife Management 552657–660. Goszczynski, J. 1974. Studies on the food of foxes. http://www.esajournals.org/esaonline/?request=get-document&issn=0012-9615&volume

73. Coal Creek Wildlife-Black-footed Ferret It is also related to ermine, martens, skunks and otters. I got my informationfrom wildlife IN DANGER published by the Colorado Division of wildlife http://www.bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/coalcreek/wildlife/ferret.html

Masked Bandit of the Prairies by Michael, age 8 A black-foot ed ferret scurries across prairie dog colonies like a masked bandit, waiting for his prairie dog feast. Then he will take over the prairie dog's home, and use it for his home. Black-footed ferrets eat prairie dogs, mice, squirrels, gophers, rabbits, birds, lizards, eggs and sometimes insects. The European polecat and the steppe polecat are the black-footed ferret's closest relatives. The black-footed ferret is about 2 feet long. It has a black mask over its eyes, feet, shoulders and tail. Black-footed ferrets live all over the world except for Australia, Antarctica and most of the ocean islands. Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered species in the U.S.A. So please help save them. I got my information from BLACK-FOOTED FERRET by Denise Casey. Black-footed Ferret by Colby, age 9 Imagine going to the zoo and seeing something that is very thin and is about 24 inches long, it may be a ferret. Does it have black markings on its legs? Can you see a black mask over its eyes? If so, it probably is a black-footed ferret. An amazing fact about the black-footed ferret is that its one of the rarest mammals in North America. The ferret belongs to the weasel family. It is also related to ermine, martens, skunks and otters. They have a black mask over their eyes, black markings on their legs and a black tip on their tails. Males are usually larger than females. The only thing it eats are prairie dogs. It tracks its prey with its powerful sense of smell, then it pounces on its prey, gripping it with its feet. Its razor sharp teeth are great for cutting the meat. A ferret has one litter per year. The babies are born about 1 1/2 months after mating, usually 3-4 young in a litter.

74. Coal Creek Wildlife-Striped Skunk including the river otter, mink, fisher, ermine and wolverine. Web PageAddress http//www.bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/coalcreek/wildlife/skunk.html. http://www.bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/coalcreek/wildlife/skunk.html

Striped Skunk by Alan E., age 9 Skunks eat a wide variety of food. It can eat crickets, grasshoppers, grubs, cutworms, fish, small birds, eggs, mice, weevils, spiders, caterpillars, fruit, raccoons, and sometimes its enemies. But they rarely eat enemies, unless they are its size. They live all over North America except in Alaska.They are the most common of all skunks in North America. They have very few enemies, such as the great horned owl, coyote, fox, badger and fisher. Its most dangerous enemy is the great horned owl. It can swoop down on its back, snatching it so hard that it's critically hurt. After a attack they have 10% of a chance of staying alive. They start mating during warm weather in late February or early March. To find a mate, a male skunk will wander through its own territory, traveling several kilometers a night. Two males will sometimes fight over the same female, but will rarely spray at each other. One male usually mates with several females. In early spring a female skunk gives birth to four or six babies in a peaceful den. One mother gave birth to 18 babies in one litter. That's the record! Babies weigh 28 grams (1 ounce) each one measures 10 centimeters (4 inches) from the tip of their nose to the end of their tail. They are born deaf and blind. They spend their early days in the den with their mother. They drink their mother's milk. At one week old, its weight is doubled. At three weeks old, they are crawling around the den. They cannot spray musk until 6 or 7 weeks old.

75. About Lake Gogebic Michigan wildlife can easily be spotted in our forests and around the lake. Skunks,Beaver, Raccoons, Weasels/ermine, Pine Martens, Mink, Gray and Red Fox, http://www.lakegogebicarea.com/lakegogebicwildlife.htm

Your browser does not support script Lake Gogebic Michigan Chamber of Commerce Lake Gogebic Chamber of Commerce 1-888-GOGEBIC Lodging Dining Snowmobile Trail Conditions Fishing Reports Things To Do Area Events Snowmobiling Fishing Hunting ... Old Victoria Copper Mine Business Directory Real Estate Entertainment Contractors Legal Services ... Other Members Area Information Lake Gogebic Gogebic County Ontonagon County Bergland ... Maps The Wildlife of Lake Gogebic Wildlife can easily be spotted in our forests and around the lake. Different species are more visible, of course, at different times of the year - but, if you are patient, you will be richly rewarded. A walk in the woods (or even a boat ride around the shore) will produce an eyeful. Just remember that this is their home, too, and some can be dangerous. Please don't feed the wildlife - they need their natural foods to survive. There are plenty of black bear, but they are usually shy. Don't get between a mother and her cub or a bear and food. Whitetail deer are very common - so common that care must be taken while driving a car or snowmobile. We do have an occasional moose. Coyotes and fisher require patience to see. Bobcats roam the forests and hills. River otters frolic in the lake, but most often can be seen near mouths of rivers and streams.

76. Wildlife Museum Of The West - Montana's Gold West Country Travel Region Have you ever seen a pine marten, fisher or ermine? The wildlife Museum ofthe West is located at 121 West Main Street in Ennis, Montana. http://goldwest.visitmt.com/listings/12910.htm

Wildlife Museum of the West - Ennis 121 West Main Street PO Box 1470 Ennis, MT 59729 Phone: 406-682-7141 Are you one of those people who longs to see a real wild animal such as a grizzly bear, wolf or big horn sheep? Although wildlife is plentiful in Montana, not everyone is fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time. The Wildlife Museum of the West in Ennis is the next best thing. If you want to see bison, deer, elk, black bears, mountain goats, moose, mountain lions or caribou this is the place to visit. And, if you are a bird watcher you might want to check out the pygmy owl, golden eagle and numerous other birds. Have you ever seen a pine marten, fisher or ermine? All creatures great and small can be found in this little known museum. Also the animals are in family groups. Recent visitor comments include: ‘This is Smithsonian quality.’ ... ‘I am a teacher in Colorado and would love to be able to take my students to see something as incredible as this.’ ... ‘This was just what my child needed.’ ... ‘This three year-old spend more than an hour looking at each animal and calling them by name. He loved the wall with actual fur and antlers he could touch and feel.’ ... ‘I have been through a lot of museums all over the country but I have never seen any with this quality of taxidermy. I am very impressed.’ ... ‘I had no idea this was here.’ The admission fee for the privately owned museum goes to maintaining and improving the museum. Children 6 years and under are free. Classes of students are welcomed by appointment.

77. Trapping Reform It stipulates that use of all jawtype restraining traps for ermine and muskratswill be In a paper given at the North American wildlife Conference, http://www.awionline.org/trapping/aw471-tr.htm

True Trapping Reform Won't Come from Vague, Weak Agreements AWI Quarterly ) The European Council's acceptance of the deal showed, once again, the smothering impact of the World Trade Organization and "free trade" on environmental and humane regulations. Whatever their faults, however, the agreements between the European Union and Canada and Russia are binding, bilateral treaties. In contrast, the US-EU "agreement," accepted by the European Council late in 1997, consists of two brief, vaguely worded documents issued by the office of the US Trade Representative. One is called the "Agreed Minute," the other the "Side Letter." The Agreed Minute, after disavowing any intention of limiting state jurisdiction over wildlife, endorses the standards as a "common framework for implementation by its competent authorities [the state game and fish agencies] for humane trapping. " It then promises to encourage and support research" and "encourage competent authorities to monitor and report on progress." The Side Letter is slightly more specific. It stipulates that use of all jaw-type restraining traps for ermine and muskrats will be ended four years after the entry into force of the bilateral agreements (ermine and other weasels are almost never deliberately trapped for fur; the muskrat market is now virtually dead). The use of "conventional" steel jaw leghold traps will end six years after the agreements are implemented.

78. Wildlife List For The Cabin Area Caribou The follwoing lists wildlife that has been physically seen *ermine/Shorttailed Weasel (Mustelidae; Mustela erminia) Nocturnally common along http://www.earthfoot.org/places/ca005d.htm

Wildlife List for The Cabin Area The follwoing lists wildlife that has been physically seen (denoted by an asterix), have seen tracks/scat or are known to be in our area. The animal is listed by it's common name, family and genus and species name, followed by the best site(s) and time of year for observation. American Mink (Mustelidae; Mustela vison ): Nocturnal and fairly common along streams and lake shores; year-round *Bats (Little Brown Bat; Vespertelionidae; Mycotis lucifugus ): dusk-dawn around the cabins; May to October *Beaver (Castoridae; Castor canadensis ): On the drive in from Highway 40 on the Rock Lake Road, canoe trip between Blue Lake and Gregg Lake; spring to fall. *Big Horn Sheep (Bovidae; Ovis canadensis ): Binocular Ridge and the alpine meadow hike; spring to fall *Black Bear (Ursidae; Ursus americanus ): Most common in montane woods; spring and late summer/early fall; May to November Cougar/Mountain Lion/Puma (Felidae; Felis concolor ): Tracks seen at the 'Escape clearing, on the Munn Creek Trail and on the Mountain Shadow Trail; year-round *Coyote (Canidae;

79. Kenai Peninsula's Resident Wildlife And Sealife Alaska s Kenai Peninsula is home to the majority of wildlife species found inAlaska. With onshore and offshore ermine, River Otter, Beaver*, Muskrat* http://alaskaoutdoorjournal.com/Wildlife/kpwildlist.html

The Kenai Peninsula's Wildlife and Sealife Surprisingly enough, for as long as the Kenai Peninsula has been "settled" by pioneers, the abundance of fish and wildlife present today is an extraordinary testament to the people who have called this area their home. Unlike most areas in the Lower 48 where civilization equates to lost habitat and the disappearance of fish and game, the Peninsula and its waters support every species of critter that was present before the white man arrived. Combine that with a growing tourism infrastructure who's goal it is to provide an opportunity to experience all the Peninsula has to offer and you have what some folks here call "a little piece of Paradise." The days are gone when a tourism boom meant eventual degradation of the environment and its contents. Today's Alaskan tourism industry along with the surrounding communities and state and federal agencies are committed to insuring today's recreational opportunities will continue for generations to come. The Kenai Peninsula offers many readily available opportunities to view and photograph those species listed below. We have included directions to all the best locations in the

80. WBUR Dispatches : Greenland | Land Of Ice And Snow six of which live on land (lemming, ermine, Arctic hare, wolf, Arctic fox andmusk ox) See photos of some indigenous wildlife including a musk ox. http://www.wbur.org/special/dispatches/greenland/wildlife/

Polar Bears Walruses Lemmings A Farewell WILDLIFE Compared to temperate or tropical regions, the Arctic has few animal species that call it home. In all of Greenland, there are only about 84 species of birds that regularly visit (there are hundreds of bird species in the U.S., by contrast). In the high Arctic, where Zackenberg station is located, there are only 47 bird species. There are only 13 species of mammals, six of which live on land (lemming, ermine, Arctic hare, wolf, Arctic fox and musk ox) and seven of which are marine mammals that live on ice and in the sea (polar bear, narwhal, ringed seal, bearded seal, bow whale, hooded seal and walrus). The high Arctic, defined by its low temperature, is cold but not snowy. Most of the moisture in winds blowing toward the high arctic falls out as rain or snow before it arrives. The land is what scientists call a cold desert. Some researchers worry that global warming, which would warm the high Arctic, will bring more snow and rain. The species that live there today, adapted to dry conditions, may not survive. Zackenberg See photos from the eastern coast of Greenland.

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