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=== Animals === {{see also|List of Arctic cetaceans}}{{Category see also|Fauna of the Arctic|Mammals of the Arctic}} [[File:Muskus.jpg|thumb|[[Muskox]]]] [[File:Snowy Owl Portrait.jpg|thumb|upright|A [[snowy owl]]]] Herbivores on the tundra include the [[Arctic hare]], [[lemming]], [[muskox]], and [[reindeer]] (caribou). They are preyed on by the [[snowy owl]], [[Arctic fox]], [[grizzly bear]], and [[Arctic wolf]]. The [[polar bear]] is also a predator, though it prefers to hunt for marine life from the ice. There are also many [[:Category: Birds of the Arctic|birds]] and marine species endemic to the colder regions. Other terrestrial animals include [[wolverine]]s, [[moose]], [[Dall sheep]], [[Stoat|ermines]], and [[Arctic ground squirrel]]s. Marine mammals include [[Pinniped|seals]], [[walrus]]es, and several species of [[cetacea]]nβ[[baleen whale]]s and also [[narwhal]]s, [[orca]]s, and [[Beluga whale|belugas]].
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