List of Arctic megafauna

List of Arctic megafauna

Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see the Megafauna page). Extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene) megafauna in Arctic climates are listed here.

*Arctic Wolf ("Canis lupus arctos")
*Beluga ("Delphinapterus leucas")
*Bowhead Whale ("Balaena mysticetus")
*Caribou ("Rangifer tarandus")
*Elephant Seal (genus "Mirounga")
*Emperor Penguin ("Aptenodytes fosterii")
*Harp Seal ("Pagophilus groenlandica")
*King Penguin ("Aptenodytes patagonicus")
*Killer Whale ("Orcinus orca")
*Leucas Beluga † ("Delphinapterus leucas")
*Leopard Seal ("Hydrurga leptonyx")
*Narwhal ("Monodon Monoceros")
*Nordenskjoeld's Giant Penguin † ("Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi")
*Woolly Mammoth † ("Mammuthus primigenius")
*Muskox
*Polar Bear ("Ursus maritimus")
*Steller's Sea Cow † ("Hydrodamalis gigas")
*Tundra Swan ("Cygnus bewicki")
*Walrus ("Odobenus rosmarus")


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