MAMMALS
during 
Focus On Nature Tours

in Alaska
 

1995 thru 2012

during the months of May & June







A List of Alaska Mammals by Armas Hill 

Photo at upper right: MOOSE photographed during a FONT tour

Codes:

SPECIES CLASSIFIED AS THREATENED GLOBALLY:
(t1):  critically threatened
(t2):  endangered 
(t3):  vulnerable
(nt):  classified as near-threatened globally


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

Species seen during our tours in Alaska noted with an (*) 

(ph):  species with a photo in the FONT website 

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  (*)  _____  
   Microtus (formerly Aulacomys) xanthogbathus
   
   The Taiga Vole was called the Yellow-cheeked Vole.
   
   
6. Singing Vole  (*)  _____
   Microtus (formerly Stenocranius) miurus
   
   
7. Pribilof Island Shrew  (*)  _____
   Sorex pribilofensis  (name changed in 1997 from Sorex hydrodromus) 
   
   
8. Arctic Ground Squirrel  (ph) (*)  ______
   Spermophilus (formerly Urocitellus)  parryii
   
   
9. American Red Squirrel  (*)  ______
   Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
   
   
10. Hoary Marmot  (*)  ______
    Marmota caligata
    
    
11. Woodchuck  (ph) (*)  ______
    Marmota monax ochracea
    
    
12. North American Porcupine  (ph) (*)  ______
    Erethizon dorsatum  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
13. Muskrat  (ph) (*)  ______
    Ondatra zibethicus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
14. American Beaver  (ph) (*)  ______
    Castor canadensis
    
    
15. Sea Otter  (ph) (*)  ______
    Enlrydra lutris  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
16. Red Fox  (ph) (*)  ______
    Vulpes vulpes
    
    
17. Arctic Fox  (*)  ______
    Vulpes (or Alopex) lagopus
    
    
18. American Black Bear  (ph) (*)  ______
    Ursus americannus
    
    
19. Grizzly (or Brown) Bear  (ph) (*)  ______
    Ursus arctos
    
    
20. Northern Fur Seal  (ph) (*)  ______
    Callorhinus ursinnus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
    
    A Northern Fur Seal, photographed during a FONT Tour in Alaska on the Pribilof Islands
    
    
21. Northern (or Steller's) Sea Lion  (*)  ______
    Eumetopias jubatus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
22. Walrus  (ph) (*)  ______
    Odobenus rosmarus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
23. Harbor Seal  (ph) (*)  ______
    Phoca vitulina
    
    
24. Ringed Seal  (*)  ______
    Pusa hispida
    
    
25. Bearded Seal  (*)  ______
    Erignathus barbatus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
26. Moose  (ph) (*)  ______
    Alces alces  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
27. Reindeer  (i) (ph) (*)  ______
    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  (t2) (ph) (*)  ______
    Megaptera novaangliae  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
34. Gray Whale  (*)  ______
    Eschrichtius robustus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
35. Killer Whale  (ph) (*)  ______
    Orcinus orca  (the single member of its genus)