List of mammals of Nunavut
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Nunavut has several species of mammals (ᐱᓱᒃᑎ, pisukti),[1] of which the Inuit found use for almost all. The larger animals such as the caribou would be eaten, with the skin used for tents and clothing and the sinew used for thread. In lean times even animals such as the fox would have been eaten and some people did eat it even when other foods were available. With the arrival of the traders the fox skin became a valuable source for trade, however, traditionally the skin was not often used except as a sanitary napkin. The skins of smaller animals such as the weasel would have been used to provide decoration on clothing.
Some of the animals in this list, such as the lynx, are rarely seen as they live mainly in the very southern part of the territory away from any communities.
There are several different dialects of Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun as well as two alphabets, Inuktitut syllabics and Latin. The Inuit name or spelling may differ from one region to another and in extreme cases from one community to another.
Artiodactyla (ᑯᑭᑯᖅᑐᔪᑦ, kukikuqtujut)
- Bovidae (ᓇᒃᔪᒋᒃᑐᑦ)[2]
- Muskox (ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ, umingmait, umingmak, oomingmak) Ovibos moschatus[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Cervidae (ᓇᒃᔪᓖᑦ)[2]
- Caribou (ᑐᒃᑐ, tuktut) Rangifer tarandus Template:IUCN status
- Barren-ground caribou (ᓇᐹᕐᑐᕐᑲᓐᖏᑦᑐᒥ ᑐᒃᑐ, tuktut, tuktu) Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Peary caribou (ᕐᑯᑦᓯᑦᑐᒥ ᑐᒃᑐ, tuku, qakuqtakuluit tuktut, qikiqtani tuktuit) Rangifer tarandus pearyi[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Moose Alces alces Template:IUCN status
- Western moose (ᑐᒃᑐᕙᒃ, tuktuvak) Alces alces andersoni[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Caribou (ᑐᒃᑐ, tuktut) Rangifer tarandus Template:IUCN status
Carnivora (ᓂᕐᑭᑐᖅᑎᑦ, ᓂᕿᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᓈᖅ, niqituinnainaaq)
- Canidae (ᕐᑭᒻᐅᔭᑦ)[2]
- Grey wolf (ᐊᒪᕈᖅ, amaruq) Canis lupus Template:IUCN status
- Arctic wolf, Canis lupus arctos[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Arctic fox (ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᖅ, tiriganniak, tiriqaniaq) Vulpes lagopus[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Red fox (ᑲᔪᖅ, kajuqtuq, kajuit) Vulpes vulpes[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Grey wolf (ᐊᒪᕈᖅ, amaruq) Canis lupus Template:IUCN status
- Felidae (ᑯᑭᓕᒑᕐᔪᐃᑦ)[2]
- Canada lynx (ᐱᖅᑐᖅᓯᕋᖅ, piqtuqsiraq) Lynx canadensis[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Ursidae (ᓄᑭᓖᑦ)[2]
File:Ursus maritimus 4 1996-08-04.jpg Polar bear - Black bear (ᐊᒃᖤᒃ, aklaq) Ursus americanus[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Grizzly bear (ᓇᐹᖅᑐᖃᖕᒋᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᒃᖤᒃ, atiqpuq) Ursus arctos horribilis[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Polar bear (ᓇᓄᖅ, nanuq) Ursus maritimus[2][3][1] Template:IUCN status
- Mustelidae (ᑎᕆᐊᓂᙶᖅᑐᑦ)[2]
- Wolverine (ᖃᕝᕕᒃ, qalvik, qavvik) Gulo gulo[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- River otter (ᑯᒻᒥ ᐸᒥᐅᖅᑑᖅ, pamiuqtuuq) Lontra canadensis[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Beringian ermine (ᑎᕆᐊᖅ, tiriaqpak, tiqiak) Mustela erminea[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- American ermine (ᑎᕆᐊᖅ, tiriaqpak, tiqiak) Mustela richardsonii[2][1][4] Template:IUCN status
- Least weasel (ᒥᑭᓂᖅᓴᖅ ᑎᕆᐊᖅ, tiriaq, tiqiak) Mustela nivalis[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- American marten (ᖃᑉᕕᐊᕐᓯᐊᖅ, qapviarsiaq) Martes americana[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- American mink (ᑎᕆᐊᖅᐸᒃ, tiriaqpak) Neogale vison[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Fisher (ᑎᕆᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅ) Pekania pennanti[2] Template:IUCN status
- Phocidae (ᓇᑦᓯᖅ, natsiq)[5][1]
File:Bartrobbe 1-2002.jpg Bearded seal - Bearded seal (ᐅᒡᔪᒃ, ᐅᒥᒃᑑᖅ, ugjuk) Erignathus barbatus[6][1]
- Hooded seal (ᓇᑦᓯᕙᒃ, natsivak) Cystophora cristata[7][1] Template:IUCN status
- Harbour seal (ᖃᓯᒋᐊᖅ, qasigiaq) Phoca vitulina[8][1]
- Harp seal (ᖃᐃᕈᓕᒃ, qairulik) Pagophilus groenlandicus[9][1] Template:IUCN status
- Grey seal (ᐳᕕᓲᖅ, puvisuuq) Halichoerus grypus[10][1] Template:IUCN status
- Ringed seal (ᓇᑦᑎᖅ, nattiq) Pusa hispida[11][1] Template:IUCN status
- Odobenidae[5]
- Walrus (ᐊᐃᕕᖅ, aiviq) Odobenus rosmarus[12][1] Template:IUCN status
Lagomorpha (ᑭᖑᓪᓖᖅᑯᖅᑐᔪᑦ, kingulliiqkuqtujut)
- Leporidae (ᐅᑲᓖᑦ)[2]
File:Young Arctic hare in summer coat.JPG Arctic hare - Arctic hare (ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᑲᓕᖅᐸᒃ, ukaliq, okalik, ukalik) Lepus arcticus[2][1] Template:IUCN status
- Snowshoe hare (ᑭᖑᓪᓖᕐᑯᕐᑐᔪᖅ ᐅᑲᓕᖅ) Lepus americanus[2][1] Template:IUCN status
Rodentia (ᑎᓯᓖᑦ, tisiliit)
- Castoridae (ᐸᒥᐅᒥᓅᖅᑐᑦ)[2]
- American beaver (ᑭᒋᐊᖅ, kigiaq, kiqiaq) Castor canadensis[2][1]
- Muridae (ᐊᕕᙵᐃᑦ)[2]
- Muskrat (ᐊᕕᙵᕐᔪᐊᖅ, kivgaluk, avinnqarjuaq) Ondatra zibethicus[2][1]
File:Brown lemming.jpg North American brown lemming - North American brown lemming (ᑲᔪᖅ ᐊᕕᙵᖅ, kayuqtumik avin'ngak, avin'ngaq, avinnqaq) Lemmus trimucronatus[2][1]
- Peary land collared lemming (ᕐᑲᑯᖅᑕᖅ ᐊᕕᙵᖅ, qutulingmik avin'ngak, avin'ngaq, aupajaaqtuq avinnqaq) Dicrostonyx groenlandicus[2][1]
- Meadow vole (ᐊᕕᙵᕋᓛᖅ) Microtus pennsylvanicus[2]
- Northern red-backed vole (ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᐅᐸᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᕐᑯᓖᓕᒃ ᐊᕕᙵᕋᓛᖅ) Myodes rutilus[2]
- Brown rat (ulimakka) Rattus norvegicus (introduced)[2][13]
- Muskrat (ᐊᕕᙵᕐᔪᐊᖅ, kivgaluk, avinnqarjuaq) Ondatra zibethicus[2][1]
- Sciuridae (ᓯᒃᓯᑦ)[2]
- Arctic ground squirrel (ᓯᒃᓯᒃ, siksik) Spermophilus parryii[2][1]
- Red squirrel (ᐊᐅᐸᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᒃᓯᐅᔭᖅ) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus[2]
Insectivora (ᕐᑯᐱᕐᕈᑐᖅᑏᑦ, rkupirrutuqtiit)
Chiroptera (ᐅᓐᓄᐊᖅᓯᐅᑦ, unnuaqsiut)
- Vespertilionidae (ᐃᓴᕈᕐᓗᒃᑐᑦ)[2]
- Hoary bat (ᕐᑭᖑᔭᖅ ᑎᒻᒥᓲᖅ ᐊᕕᙵᐅᔭᖅ) Lasiurus cinereus[2]
- Little brown myotis (ᒥᑭᔪᖅ ᑲᔪᖅ ᑎᒻᒥᓲᖅ ᐊᕕᙵᐅᔭᖅ) Myotis lucifugus[2]
Cetacea
- Balaenidae[5]
- Bowhead whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ, arviq) Balaena mysticetus[14][1]
- Balaenopteridae[5]
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus[15]
- Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis[16]
- Blue whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ ᓂᐊᖁᕐᓗᖕᓂᖅᓴᖅ, ᐃᐸᒃ, arviq niaqurlungniqsaq, ipak) Balaenoptera musculus[17][1]
- Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata[18]
- Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae[19]
- Delphinidae[5]
- Killer whale (ᐋᕐᓗ, ᐊᕐᓗᒃ, ᐋᕐᓗᒃ, aarlu, arluk, aarluk) Orcinus orca[20][1]
- Long-finned pilot whale[21]
- White-beaked dolphin[22]
- Monodontidae[5]
- Phocoenidae[5]
- Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena[27]
- Physeteridae[5]
- Sperm whale (ᑭᒍᑎᓕᒃ, kigutilik) Physeter macrocephalus[28][1]
- Ziphiidae[5]
- Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus[29]
See also
References
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Asuilaak Living Dictionary Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus
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- ↑ Template:IUCN statusBearded Seal, Erignathus barbatus
- ↑ Hooded Seal, Cystophora cristata
- ↑ Template:IUCN statusHarbour Seal, Phoca vitulina
- ↑ Harp Seal, Phoca groenlandica
- ↑ Grey Seal, Halichoerus grypus
- ↑ Ringed Seal, Phoca hispida
- ↑ Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus
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- ↑ Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus
- ↑ Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
- ↑ Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis
- ↑ Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
- ↑ Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- ↑ Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
- ↑ Killer Whale, Orcinus orca
- ↑ Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melaena
- ↑ White-beaked Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris
- ↑ Narwhal, Monodon monoceros
- ↑ Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas
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- ↑ Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
- ↑ Sperm Whale, Physeter catodon
- ↑ Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus
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External links
- Wildlife Publications including "Terrestrial Mammals Fact Sheets" from the Government of Nunavut
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