Animals found in Canada
Bison
Arctic Hare
The Arctic hare is a type of hare that is able to live in the harsh climate of the Arctic tundra. It has a layer of fat on its body as well as a thick coat of fur to keep it warm. It sleeps in holes it has dug in the ground or in the snow. They like to eat plants such as willow, moss, twigs and roots. |
Black bear
Bobcat
Little Brown Bat
Canada Lynx
Reindeer (caribou)
Coyote
Grizzly Bear
Grey Wolf
Lemming
Moose
Mountain Lion
Mule Deer
Muskox
Muskrat
Male polar bears by grow to 10 feet tall and females reach about 7 feet. They can live up to 30 years in the wild. Polar bears are carnivorous. They eat seals. They also eat bird's eggs and their chicks. After they have finished eating they wash themselves!
Indigenous communities who live in the Arctic eat polar bear meat and use the fur to make clothes and boots. In the past the hunters paid respect to the bears that they killed by hanging the skin in their homes and offering gifts. There are lots of legends about polar bears. One of these legends tells of polar-bear men that lived in igloos. They were able to walk and talk like people. In these legends the bears removed their skins while at home.
Indigenous communities who live in the Arctic eat polar bear meat and use the fur to make clothes and boots. In the past the hunters paid respect to the bears that they killed by hanging the skin in their homes and offering gifts. There are lots of legends about polar bears. One of these legends tells of polar-bear men that lived in igloos. They were able to walk and talk like people. In these legends the bears removed their skins while at home.
Porcupine
Prairie Dog
Pronghorn
Raccoon
Skunk
Snowshoe Hare
Walrus
Elk
Weasel
White-tailed Deer
Wolverine
American Robin
Black-capped chickadee
Blue Jay
Canada Goose
Canvasback
Downy Woodpecker
Great Blue Heron
Great Horned Owl
Snow Goose
Killdeer
Piping Plover
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
This bird is similar to the sharp-shinned hawk in that it hunts in the same way. They attack and capture most of their prey while flying through dense thickets. The problem with this method of hunting is that the bird must be very agile and be able to change direction quickly and it could crash into a tree and injure itself. It likes to eat cuckoos, pigeons, doves, quails and thrushes. |
Whooping Crane
Common Loon
Killer Whale