Arctic Fox
Full name: Arctic fox
Genus: Vulpes
Species: V. Lagopus
Location: Western Hemisphere
Status:Not in Danger
Biome: Tundra
Diet:The arctic fox eats any small animals like lemmings, voles, other rodents hares, birds,eggs and carrion.
Habitat: In the summer the arctic fox lives in the edge of the forest. In the winter it can be found on ice floes where its white coat serves as camouflage.
Behavior: It communicates by barking to others
Genus: Vulpes
Species: V. Lagopus
Location: Western Hemisphere
Status:Not in Danger
Biome: Tundra
Diet:The arctic fox eats any small animals like lemmings, voles, other rodents hares, birds,eggs and carrion.
Habitat: In the summer the arctic fox lives in the edge of the forest. In the winter it can be found on ice floes where its white coat serves as camouflage.
Behavior: It communicates by barking to others
Polar Bear
Full name: Polar Bear
Genus: Ursus Maritimus
Species: U. Maritimus
Location: Canada,the U.S, and Alaska
Status: Threatened
Biome: Tundra
Diet: Polar bears feed mainly on ringed and bearded seals.
Habitat: Coasts and ice floes
Behavior: Polar bears are highly dependent on older stable pack ice in the Arctic region, where they spend much of their time on the ice hunting, mating, and denning.
Genus: Ursus Maritimus
Species: U. Maritimus
Location: Canada,the U.S, and Alaska
Status: Threatened
Biome: Tundra
Diet: Polar bears feed mainly on ringed and bearded seals.
Habitat: Coasts and ice floes
Behavior: Polar bears are highly dependent on older stable pack ice in the Arctic region, where they spend much of their time on the ice hunting, mating, and denning.
Norway Lemming
Full Name: Norway Lemming
Genus:True lemming
Species: Lemmus Lemmus
Location: tundra and fells
Status: Threatened
Biome: Tundra
Diet: As herbivores, lemmings survive on vegetation, including grasses, berries, bark, sedges, leaves, lichen and roots.
Habitat: Lemmings are found in or near the Arctic tundra, which includes northern Canada, Alaska, Europe and Asia.
Behavior:Even though they spend part of their time in colonies with others of their kind, lemmings are solitary animals.
Genus:True lemming
Species: Lemmus Lemmus
Location: tundra and fells
Status: Threatened
Biome: Tundra
Diet: As herbivores, lemmings survive on vegetation, including grasses, berries, bark, sedges, leaves, lichen and roots.
Habitat: Lemmings are found in or near the Arctic tundra, which includes northern Canada, Alaska, Europe and Asia.
Behavior:Even though they spend part of their time in colonies with others of their kind, lemmings are solitary animals.
Musk Ox
Full name: Musk ox
Genus: Ovibos
Spieces: Ovibos Moschatus
Location: tundra of northern, Alaska, Canada, Ellesmere Island, Greenland, Norway. Status: Not threatened
Biome: Tundra
Diet: Musk Oxen are vegetarian and will eat much of the vegetation that is available in the tundra. This includes willow shoots, lichens, grasses and shrubs.
Habitat: Tends to use sheltered, moist lands, such as river valleys and lake shores.
Behavior: Male and female muskoxen both have separate age-based hierarchies, with mature oxen being dominant over juveniles.
Genus: Ovibos
Spieces: Ovibos Moschatus
Location: tundra of northern, Alaska, Canada, Ellesmere Island, Greenland, Norway. Status: Not threatened
Biome: Tundra
Diet: Musk Oxen are vegetarian and will eat much of the vegetation that is available in the tundra. This includes willow shoots, lichens, grasses and shrubs.
Habitat: Tends to use sheltered, moist lands, such as river valleys and lake shores.
Behavior: Male and female muskoxen both have separate age-based hierarchies, with mature oxen being dominant over juveniles.
Caribou
Full name: Caribou
Genus: Rangier
Species: R. Tarandus
Location: northern regions of North America, Europe, Asia, and Greenland.Status:
Biome:Tundra
Diet: leaves of willows, sedges, flowering tundra plants, and mushrooms :
Habitat:There are two ecotypes within the Rangier Tarandus caribou, or woodland caribou, subspecies: mountain woodland caribou and northern woodland caribou. This distinction is based largely on habitat use and behavior
Behavior: ability to use tree growing (arboreal) lichens as a major food source.
Genus: Rangier
Species: R. Tarandus
Location: northern regions of North America, Europe, Asia, and Greenland.Status:
Biome:Tundra
Diet: leaves of willows, sedges, flowering tundra plants, and mushrooms :
Habitat:There are two ecotypes within the Rangier Tarandus caribou, or woodland caribou, subspecies: mountain woodland caribou and northern woodland caribou. This distinction is based largely on habitat use and behavior
Behavior: ability to use tree growing (arboreal) lichens as a major food source.