These include the polar bear (as much a marine as a terrestrial animal), caribou, arctic wolf, arctic fox, arctic weasel, arctic hare, brown and collared lemmings, ptarmigan, gyrfalcon, and snowy owl.
Such animals include the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus), Arctic wolf (Canis lupus), Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus), Arctic weasel (Mustela), snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca), several species of lemming and ptarmigan (Lagopus), and a number of species of waterfowl.
The hypothesis that the white coat of arctic hares and polar bears is an adaptation can be tested by examining closely related species that do not live in the Arctic.
The distinctive animals of the tundra are seals and polar bears, the latter feeding on seals, and musk oxen, caribou, arctic hares, and lemmings, which feed on the tundra vegetation and are prey for wolves and white Arctic foxes.
The mascots, which should go on sale from 1 September, are the snow leopard, polar bear and hare.
Immediately, one sees the incipience of personal identification with the semi-official polar bears of Pforzheimer House, the hares of Leverett, the stags of Dunster.
The sea's mammals include the seal, sea hare, white whale, walrus, and polar bear.
Several species of land mammals including polar bears, musk oxen, reindeer, Arctic foxes, snow hares, ermines, and lemmings can be found on the island.
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