Mammals (land & marine) 
found during our tours in

Alaska 

1995 thru 2004

List compiled by Armas Hill 

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Upcoming FONT Alaska Tour Itineraries

List of Birds during our previous Alaska Tours

1. *Pribilof Island Shrew ______ (endangered)
   Sorex pribilofensis  
   
   OTTERS, WEASELS, and BADGERS (Family Mustelidae)
    
2. Sea Otter ______ (endangered)
   Enhydra lutris
   
   CARNIVORES (land) (Order Carnivora), including:
   DOGS & FOXES (Family Canidae)
   BEARS (Family Ursidae)
     
3. Arctic Fox ______ 
   Alopex lagopus 
4. Red Fox _____ 
   Vulpes (vulpes) fulva  (the North American animal is now considered by most as conspecific with the Old World Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes)
5. Black Bear ______
   Ursus americanus
6. Grizzly Bear ______
   Ursus arctos
   
   CARNIVORES (marine) (Order Carnivora), including:
   EARED SEALS (Family Otariidae)
   EARLESS SEALS (Family Phocidae)
   SEA OTTER (in the Family Mustelidae)
   
   EARED SEALS (Family Otariidae)
   
7. Northern (or Steller's) Sea Lion ______ 
   Eumetopias jubatus 
8. Northern Fur Seal ______ 
   Callorbinnus ursinus
   
   EARLESS SEALS (Family Phocidae)
   
9. Ringed Seal ______ 
   Phoca hispida
10. Harbor Seal ______ 
    Phoca vitulina
11. Bearded Seal ______
    Erignathus barbatus
12. Walrus ______
    Odobenus rosmarus
    
13. Hoary Marmot ______ 
    Marmota caligata
14. Woodchuck ______
    Marmota monax ochracea (this subspecies in Alaska & northwest Canada is reddish-cinnamon in color, the feet are pinkish)
15. Arctic Ground Squirrel ______ 
    Spermophilus parryii 
16. Singing (formerly Alaska) Vole ______
    Microtus (formerly Stenocranius) miurus
17. Taiga (formerly Yellow-cheeked) Vole ______
    Microtus (formerly aulacomys)  xanthognathus 
18. (North American) Brown Lemming ______ 
    Lemmus trimucronatus 
19. American Red (or Spruce) Squirrel ______ 
    Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
20. North American Porcupine ______ 
    Erethizon dorsatum
    
    RODENTS, including:
    SQUIRRELS (Family Sciuridae)
    BEAVERS (Family Castoridae) 
    VOLES, LEMMINGS, and MUSKRAT (Subfamily Arvicolinae)
    NEW WORLD PORCUPINES (Family Erethizontidae)
    
21. Muskrat ______ 
    Ondatra zibethicus
22. American Beaver ______
    Castor canadensis
    
    Order LAGOMORPHA, including:
    PIKAS (Family Ochotonidae) (26 species worldwide)
    RABBITS & HARES (Family Leporidae) (57 species worldwide)
     
23. Collared Pika ______ 
    Ochotona collaris 
24. Snoeshoe Hare ______ 
    Lepus americanus 
25. Alaskan Hare ______ 
    Lepus othus 
    
    
    SHEEP & GOATS (in the Family Bovidae, also including Cattle & Antelope) (141 species worldwide)
     
26. Mountain Goat ______
    Oreamnos americanus
27. Dall's Sheep ______
    Ovis dalli
    
    DEER (Family Cervidae) (47 species worldwide)
    
28. Moose ______ (called Elk in Europe)
    Alces alces
29. (Barren Ground) Caribou ______
    Rangifer tarandus (formerly arcticus) (The Barren Ground and the Woodland Caribou are considered conspecific.)
    Reindeer ______ (domesticated Caribou) (introduced in various parts of Alaska, including the Pribilofs)
30. Muskox ______
    Ovibos moschatus
    
    MARINE MAMMALS (CETACEANS), including:
    RORQUALS, or Baleen Whales (Family Balaenopteridae) (8 species worldwide) 
    PORPOISES (Family Phocoenidae) (6 species worldwide)
    MARINE DOLPHINS (Family Delphinidae) (34 species worldwide)
    
31. Dall's Porpoise ______
    Phocoenoides dalli
32. Killer Whale (also called Orca) ______
    Orcinus orca
33. Gray Whale ______ 
    Eschrichtius robustus
34. Humpback Whale ______ 
    Megaptera novaeanliae
    

Reference for the above mammal list is the new book: "Mammals of North America" by Roland W. Kays & Don E. Wilson, published by Princeton Univ Press, 2002. 

 Some Other Wildlife during the "Pacific Coast" Tours:

 Leatherback Sea Turtle 1
 Blue Shark 3
 Thresher Shark 1
 Ocean Sunfish 3