Mammals & Other Wildlife 
during FONT Tours

in Alaska
 

1995 thru 2007

(during the months of September & October)


A cumulative list compiled by Armas Hill 

Photo at right: MOOSE photographed during a FONT tour

Code:

(i): introduced in the area of Alaska where seen

1. Snowshoe Hare
   Lepus americanus
   
   
2. American Pika 
   Ochotona princeps
   
   
3. North American Brown Lemming 
   Lemmus trimucronatus
   
   
4. Tundra Vole (or Root Vole) _____ 
   Microtus (formerly Pallasiinus) oeconomus
   
   
5. Taiga Vole _____  (was called Yellow-cheeked Vole)
   Microtus (formerly Aulacomys) xanthogbathus
   
   
6. Singing Vole  _____
   Microtus (formerly Stenocranius) miurus
   
   
7. Pribilof Island Shrew _____
   Sorex pribilofensis  (name changed in 1997 from Sorex hydrodromus) 
   
   
8. Arctic Ground Squirrel
   Spermophilus (formerly Urocitellus)  parryii
   
   
9. American Red Squirrel 
   Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
   
   
10. Hoary Marmot
    Marmota caligata
    
    
11. Woodchuck
    Marmota monax ochracea
    
    
12. North American Porcupine
    Erethizon dorsatum  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
13. Muskrat
    Ondatra zibethicus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
14. American Beaver
    Castor canadensis
    
    
15. Sea Otter
    Enlrydra lutris  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
16. Red Fox
    Vulpes vulpes
    
    
17. Arctic Fox
    Vulpes (formerly Alopex) lagopus
    
    
18. Amerian Black Bear
    Ursus americannus
    
    
19. Grizzly (or Brown) Bear
    Ursus arctos
    
    
20. Northern Fur Seal
    Callorhinus ursinnus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
21. Northern (or Steller's) Sea Lion
    Eumetopias jubatus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
22. Walrus
    Odobenus rosmarus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
23. Harbor Seal
    Phoca vitulina
    
    
24. Ringed Seal
    Pusa hispida
    
    
25. Bearded Seal
    Erignathus barbatus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
26. Moose
    Alces alces  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
27. Reindeer (i)
    Rangifer tarandus  (domesticated form of the Caribou)
    
    
28. Barren Ground Caribou
    Rangifer tarandus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
29. Muskox (i)
    Ovibus moschatus  (the single member of its genus)
    
     
30. Mountain Goat
    Orcamnus americanus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
31. Dall's Sheep
    Ovis dalli
    
    
32. Dall's Porpoise
    Phocoenoides dalli  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
33. Humpback Whale
    Megaptera novaangliae  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
34. Gray Whale
    Eschrichtius robustus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
35. Killer Whale
    Orcinus orca  (the single member of its genus)