Arctic Ocean Animals List

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Arctic ocean animals list. What Fish Are In The Arctic Ocean. The Beaufort and Chukchi Seas the Arctic waters north of Alaska are sometimes known as. They make their own food through photosynthesis.

-Zooplankton including krill jellyfish baby clams and crabs Drifting animals that live in the water column they feed on phytoplankton and smaller zooplankton. Seals include the ribbon seal. Monkfish This is a fish of grotesque appearance that is famous in northern Europe.

The Animals of the Arctic Ocean The vast area of the Arctic Ocean is home to numerous fish mammals and birds. Thirty percent of the North Pole fish belong to the order Scorpaeniformes suborder Cottoidei and include bottom dwellers. Among the Arctic ocean animals we have the humpback whale andor rorquals.

A monograph of the weaver-birds Ploceidae and arboreal and terrestrial finches Fringillidae 1888 14748188924jpg 1744 2350. The small herbivores are the most numerous animals represented by Arctic rodents like lemmings and Arctic ground squirrels and the beautiful Arctic hare. From Arctic tundra animals such as Reindeer and Arctic Foxes to marine mammals like Polar Bears and numerous species of Whales animals that live in the Arctic are increasingly endangered by the global climate crisis.

Other Arctic animals are the Ungava brown bear which is probably extinct. Heres a list of what some of the animals in this article prefer to eat. The Atlantic walrus species is mostly found between the Canadian Arctic to the east and the Russian Arctic to the west.

Arctic Fox - Vulpes lagopus Arctic Hare - Lepus arcticus Arctic Wolf - Canis lupus arctos Caribou Reindeer - Rangifer tarandus Moose - Alces alces Musk Ox - Ovibos moschatus Polar Bear - Ursus maritimus Wolverine - Gulo gulo Dall Sheep - Ovis dalli Ermine - Mustela erminea Lemming - Lemmus lemmus Sea Otter - Enhydra lutris Snowshoe Hare Snowshoe Rabbit. Polar bears are the largest type of bear. Due to the ice coverage on the Arctic Ocean its animal inhabitants have adapted to be skilled both on ice and in open water.