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Introduction
Information Sources
Resource Evaluation
Appendix I Mammals of Vuntut National
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APPENDIX I
THE MAMMALS OF VUNTUT NATIONAL PARK
| Common Name (English) |
Local Name (Tukudh) |
Scientific Name (Latin) |
| common shrew |
Dlodettha |
Sorex cinereus |
| barrenground shrew |
ugyunak (Inuit name) |
Sorex ugyunak |
| tundra shrew |
|
Sorex tundrensis |
| dusky shrew |
|
Sorex monticolus |
| pigmy shrew |
|
Sorex hoyi |
| varying hare (snowshoe) |
Geh |
Lepus americanus |
| arctic ground squirrel |
Ttha |
Spermophilus parryii
|
| red squirrel |
Tluk
|
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
|
| beaver |
Ttse |
Castor canadensis |
| red-backed vole |
|
Clethrionomys rutilus |
| meadow vole |
|
Microtus pennsylvanicus |
| northern vole |
|
Microtus oeconomus |
| long-tailed vole |
|
Microtus longicaudus |
| chestnut-cheeked vole |
|
Microtus xanthognatus |
| singing vole |
|
Microtus miurus |
| muskrat |
Dzun |
Ondatra zibethicus |
| Siberian lemming (brown) |
|
Lemmus sibiricus |
| northern bog lemming |
|
Synaptomys borealis |
| varying lemming (collared) |
|
Dicrostonyx torquatus |
| porcupine |
Tsit |
Erethizon dorsatum |
| coyote |
Zhohtsul (Zotsil) |
Canis latrans |
| gray wolf |
Zhoh |
Canis lupus |
| arctic fox |
Tchitchyah |
Alopex (Vulpes) lagopus
|
| red fox |
Nego tso |
Vulpes vulpes |
| black bear |
Shoh rzui |
Ursus americanus |
| grizzly bear |
Shih |
Ursus arctos |
| polar bear |
|
Ursus maritimus |
| marten |
Ttsyook |
Martes americana |
| ermine |
Uvi |
Mustela erminea |
| least weasel |
|
Mustela nivalis |
| mink |
Chidhe |
Mustela vison |
| wolverine |
Nehttryooh |
Gulo gulo |
| river otter |
Ttryooh |
Lontra (Lutra) canadensis
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| lynx |
Ninji |
Felis (Lynx) canadensis |
| Moose |
Dinjik |
Alces alces |
| barren-ground caribou |
Vadzaih (Vutzui) |
Rangifer tarandus
groenlandicus |
| Peary caribou |
|
Rangifer tarandus pearyi |
| muskox |
|
Ovibos moschatus |
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mountain sheep?
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Ovis nivicola (dalli) |
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